Editing Samkhya (section)

====''Puruṣa'' – witness-consciousness====
[[File:Purusha-Pakriti.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Purusha-prakriti]]

''[[Purusha|Puruṣa]]'' is the witness-consciousness. It is absolute, independent, free, imperceptible, unknowable through other agencies, above any experience by mind or senses and beyond any words or explanations. It remains pure, "nonattributive consciousness". ''Puruṣa'' is neither produced nor does it produce.{{sfn|Sharma|1997|pages=155–7}} No appellations can qualify ''Purusha'', nor can it be substantialized or objectified.{{sfn|Chapple|2008|p=21}} It "cannot be reduced, can't be 'settled'". Any designation of ''Purusha'' comes from ''Prakriti'', and is a limitation.{{sfn|Osto|2018|p=203}} Unlike [[Advaita Vedanta]], and like [[Mīmāṃsā|Purva-Mīmāṃsā]], Samkhya believes in plurality of the ''Puruṣas''.{{sfn|Sharma|1997|pages=155–7}} However, while being multiple, ''Puruṣas'' are considered non-different because their essential attributes are the same.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nicholson |first=Andrew J. |date=2007-08-01 |title=Reconciling dualism and non-dualism: three arguments in Vijñānabhikṣu’s Bhedābheda Vedānta |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10781-007-9016-6 |journal=Journal of Indian Philosophy |language=en |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=383 |doi=10.1007/s10781-007-9016-6 |issn=1573-0395}}</ref>