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# '''Adhyatmika''' (आध्यात्मिक) : It includes all mental and bodily sufferings.
 
# '''Adhyatmika''' (आध्यात्मिक) : It includes all mental and bodily sufferings.
 
# '''Adibhautika''' (आदिभौतिक) : It includes sufferings caused by natural causes such as men, beasts, birds, thorns etc.
 
# '''Adibhautika''' (आदिभौतिक) : It includes sufferings caused by natural causes such as men, beasts, birds, thorns etc.
# '''Adidaivika''' : It includes suffering caused by supernatural causes like the planets, natural elements, ghosts and demons.  
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# '''Adidaivika''' (आदिदैविक) : It includes suffering caused by supernatural causes like the planets, natural elements, ghosts and demons.  
 
The end of man is to get rid of these three kinds of pain and suffering. Liberation means complete cessation of all sufferings which is the highest end of life (Apavarga or Purushardha).<ref name=":22" />
 
The end of man is to get rid of these three kinds of pain and suffering. Liberation means complete cessation of all sufferings which is the highest end of life (Apavarga or Purushardha).<ref name=":22" />
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=== Samkhya and Yoga ===
 
=== Samkhya and Yoga ===
This system of thought is one of the oldest, but its origin has been a matter of with various versions among the scholarly groups. Whatever be its origin, it is considered important next to Vedanta.   
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This system of thought is one of the oldest, but its origin has been a matter with various versions among the scholarly groups. Whatever be its origin, it is considered important next to Vedanta.   
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Samkhya regards both matter and spirit as ultimately real and admits a plurality of Purushas (Self). It traces the whole of the physical universe, with all its variety to a single source called Prkrti. The three gunas or 'cosmic constituents' - Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are in a state of perfect equilibriumin Prkrti, until it begins to differentiate itself and the diversity of the things that spring forth (with different proportions of gunas) make up the process of evolution. Evolution here means change of form (parinama). THe evolutionary process is periodical and every period of evolution (sristhi) is followed by a period of dissolution (pralaya) when the whole diversity of the universe becomes latent or goes to 'sleep' as it were, in Prkrti.   
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Samkhya regards both matter and spirit as ultimately real and admits a plurality of Purushas (Self). It traces the whole of the physical universe, with all its variety to a single source called Prkrti. The three gunas or 'cosmic constituents' - Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are in a state of perfect equilibrium Prkrti, until it begins to differentiate itself and the diversity of the things that spring forth (with different proportions of gunas) make up the process of evolution. Evolution here means change of form (parinama). The evolutionary process is periodical and every period of evolution (sristhi) is followed by a period of dissolution (pralaya) when the whole diversity of the universe becomes latent or goes to 'sleep' as it were, in Prkrti.   
    
[[Samkhya Darshana (साङ्ख्यदर्शनम्)|Samkhya (साङ्ख्यम्)]] propounds the origin of the 25 principles - Mahat, Ahamkara, the Tanmatras and Purusha.   
 
[[Samkhya Darshana (साङ्ख्यदर्शनम्)|Samkhya (साङ्ख्यम्)]] propounds the origin of the 25 principles - Mahat, Ahamkara, the Tanmatras and Purusha.   

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