Asuri (Samkhya)

Mahamuni
Asuri
आसुरी
Personal life
RegionMithila region
Alma materAncient Mithila University
OccupationPhilosopher
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
PhilosophySamkhya
SchoolKapil Ashram
TeachersKapila
CreedShamkhya Philosophy
ProfessionTeacher
Religious career
Disciples
  • Panchashikha

Asuri (Sanskrit: आसुरि) was a Vedic sage in the tradition of Hinduism in the ancient Indian Subcontinent. He was the disciple of the Vedic sage Kapila. Later he became the teacher of Shamkhya philosophy founded by the sage Kapila. Shamkhya philosophy is one of the six schools of the ancient Indian philosophy.