Origin and Development of the Samkhya System of Thought by Pulinbihari Chakravarti is an important work dealing with different aspects of Samkhya. The learned scholar has elaborately discussed some of the fundamental topics of Samkhya and has also tried to trace its origin and the development which the system underwent in the different stages of its growth and evolution. Of the various subjects discussed in the book, particular mention may be made of the Samkhya teachers and their work, Samkhya and Yoga, Samkhya and Buddhism, the Samkhya-Karika and its Commentaries, Samkhya Theory of Knowledge, Samkhya Theory of Evolution, etc. The present work is based entirely on a detailed study of the original texts and contains much new information that the author has been able to collect and analyse with erudition.
Samkhya accounts of the Mahabharata The reflection of the full-fledged Samkhya in the Gita Does the Epic preach the true Samkhya view ? [Samkhya accounts in the Puranas] [Criticism of Garbe's view of non-brahmanical origin of Samkhya] Samkhya and Yoga Ancient works on Yoga [Yoga sometimes identified as Vaisesika] Samkhya and Buddhism Samkhya and the Abhidharma Literature Samkhya accounts in the Caraka-samhita and Buddha-carita SAMKHYA TEACHERS AND THEIR WORKS [Kapila and Asuri] Pancasihka Sastitantra and its authorship Some Samkhya teachers as referred to in the Epie Post-Pancasikha Samkhya teachers Paurika Pancadhikarana Pata jail Varsaganya and his followers Varsaganya, his follwers and the author of the Yoga-bhasya Vindhyavasin Vindhyavasin and Vyadi [Reference to Vindhyavasin by Kamalasila Paramartha's account of Vindhyavasin Date of Vasubandhu Manoratha as the teacher of Vasubandhu Kuei-chi's account of the debate of Vasubandhu with the Samkhya teacher Gold Seventy and the Samkhya Karika of Isvarakrsna Takakusu's identification of Isvarakrsna and Vindhyavasin Untenability of such a view Examination of the view of Kuei-chi Paramartha-Saptati and the Samkhya-Saptati Yukti-dipika as a rejoinder of the Paramartha-Saptati Defective statement of Paramartha Vindhyavasin as a predecessor of Isvarakrsna] [Atreyatantra] [Madhava-the Samkhya teacher] The Samkhya-Karika and its Commentaries The Chinese version of Paramartha Mathara-vrtti Yukti-dipika Yukti-dipika and Raja-varttika The Bhasya of Gaudapada Tattva-kaumudi Jayamangala The Tattva-Samasa-Sutras The Samkhya-Sutra The Samkhya Theory of Knowledge Indeterminate and determinate perception Psychological process in perception Mind and its function The function of ahamkara The function of buddhi Buddhi and Purusa Inference Valid testimony Causality The Samkhya Theory of Evolution Prakrti and the Gunas [The characteristic feature of the three Gunas] Modern Science and the doctrine of Gunas Psychical aspects of the Gunas Prakrti and its evolutes [Arguments in support of the existence of prakrti Its unity-Paurika's view of the plurality of prakrti Conception of mahatmya-sarira Criticism of the doctrine of plurality of prakrti The two-fold end Its criticism by Vasubandhu Clarification of the Samkhya view by the author of the Yukti-dipika Cyclic process Samkhya conception of evolution Mahat Three fold ahamkara Organs The tanmatras The gross elements and their properties Samanya and visesa Conception of substance Conception of tativa] Time and Space Doctrine of change The five vital breaths The five springs of activity Evolution of embodied beings Adhikara-sarga Doctrine of sat-siddhi The subtle medium of migration Corporeal creation The subtle body and the bhavas Pratyaya-sarga Purusa Misery and its source [Conception of avidya Explanation of 'error' form the standpoint of Samkhya] Liberation Bibliography Abbreviations Index Proper names and Schools Technical terms and expressions Alphabetical index of Sanskrit terms and expressions that appear in the book in Devanagari script Additions and corrections
The Samkhya-Karika and its Commentaries The Chinese version of Paramartha Mathara-vrtti Yukti-dipika Yukti-dipika and Raja-varttika The Bhasya of Gaudapada Tattva-kaumudi Jayamangala
The Tattva-Samasa-Sutras The Samkhya-Sutra The Samkhya Theory of Knowledge Indeterminate and determinate perception Psychological process in perception Mind and its function The function of ahamkara The function of buddhi Buddhi and Purusa Inference Valid testimony
Causality The Samkhya Theory of Evolution Prakrti and the Gunas [The characteristic feature of the three Gunas] Modern Science and the doctrine of Gunas Psychical aspects of the Gunas Prakrti and its evolutes
Time and Space Doctrine of change The five vital breaths The five springs of activity Evolution of embodied beings Adhikara-sarga Doctrine of sat-siddhi The subtle medium of migration Corporeal creation The subtle body and the bhavas Pratyaya-sarga
Purusa Misery and its source [Conception of avidya Explanation of 'error' form the standpoint of Samkhya] Liberation
Bibliography Abbreviations Index Proper names and Schools Technical terms and expressions Alphabetical index of Sanskrit terms and expressions that appear in the book in Devanagari script Additions and corrections
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