Ishvarakrishna

Indian author

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In Samkhya
…of Samkhya”) by the philosopher Ishvarakrishna (c. 3rd century ce). Vijnanabhikshu wrote an important treatise on the system in the 16th century.
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In Indian philosophy: Relation to orthodoxy
Ishvarakrishna’s Samkhya-karika (“Verses on Samkhya,” c. 2nd century ce) is the oldest available Samkhya work. Ishvarakrishna describes himself as laying down the essential teachings of Kapila as taught to Asuri and by Asuri to Panchashika. He refers also to Shashtitantra (“Doctrine of 60 Conceptions”), the…
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