Contribution of Vachaspati-Mishra to Samkhya System
by Sasikumar. B | 2017 | 35,637 words
This page relates ‘Introduction (Missing)’ of the research on the Sankhya [Samkhya] school of Indian philosophy with special reference to the contribution of Vachaspati-Mishra. The study includes concepts such as Epistemology (validity and worth of knowledge), Ontology (theory of being or reality), Psychology (science of behavior and mind), Phenomenology (the philosophical study of the structures of experience and consciousness) and Ethics (the removal of errors), all forming an essential part of Samkhya philosophy.
Chapter 1 - Introduction (Missing)
Origin and development of the Sāṅkhya System — 2-4
Sources of Sāṅkhya concepts in the Ṛgveda — 5-8
Sources of Sāṅkhya concepts in the Upaniṣads — 8-12
Sources of Sāṅkhya concepts in the Mahābhārata — 12-15
Sources of Sāṅkhya concepts in the Bhagavat Gītā — 15-17
Sources of Sāṅkhya concepts in the Purāṇas — 17-19
Sources of Sāṅkhya concepts in the Caraka Saṁhitā — 20-21
Sources of Sāṅkhya concepts in the Buddhacarita — 21-22
Ācāryas Prior to Īśvarakṛṣṇa — 22
Kapila — 23-25
Āsuri — 25-26
Pañcaśikha — 26-27
Works on Sāṅkhya System — 27-28
Sāṅkhyakārikā — 28-29
Tattvasamāsa — 29-30
Ṣaṣṭitantra — 30-31
Sāṅkhyapravacanasūtra — 31
Sāṅkhyapravacanabhāṣya — 31-32
Sāṅkhyasāra — 32
Sāṅkhyataruvasanta — 32
Commentaries on Sāṅkhyakārikā — 32-33
Yuktidīpikā — 33-34
Māṭharavṛtti — 34
Gauḍapādabhāṣya — 34
Jayamaṅgalā — 35
Sāṅkhyatattvakaumudī — 35
Suvarṇasaptati — 35-36
Sāṅkhyasaptativṛtti — 36-37
Sāṅkhyavṛtti — 37-38
Commentaries on Sāṅkhyatattvakaumudī — 38
Tattvavibhākara — 38
Sāṅkhyatattvapradīpa — 39
Tattvakaumudīvyākhyā — 39
Pūrṇimā — 39
Basic Principles of Sāṅkhya System — 40-44
Confluenting and diffluenting points between Sāṅkhya
and Yoga Systems — 44-47
Resumé — 47
REFERENCES — 48-56