Talk:Varsagaṇya

By Swami Harshananda

The Sāṅkhya Darśana or Sāñkhya philosophy, one of the six well-known philosophical systems, is based on the Sāñkhyakārikā of īśvarakṛṣṇa^[1] However, this systematic treatise and others of a similar nature are said to have been modeled on an earlier work called Sastitantra^[2] attributed to Vārṣagaṇya who probably lived sometime during the period A. D. 100-300. Whether he was its author or had only compiled it from various earlier sources, is not known. Practically nothing has been discovered about his life and works.

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↑ Īśvarakṛṣṇa lived in 5th century A. D.
↑ Sastitantra is the philosophy of sixty basic principles.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

[1] Īśvarakṛṣṇa lived in 5th century A. D.

[2] Sastitantra is the philosophy of sixty basic principles.

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