Discipline

Sankhya Philosophy

Course Number
HS 556
Credit
6
Discipline Type
Philosophy

1. Introduction to SankhyaSystem
2. Theory of Knowledge in Sankhya: Pratyaksa, Anumana, Apta-vacana. The Sankhya Theory ofError
3. Metaphysics in Sankhya: Two Realities - Purusa and Prakriti, Three Gunas of Prakriti, Theory of Causality – Satkaryavada, The Sankhya Naturalism –Prakriti-parinama-vada.
4. Sankhya Notion of Suffering(Duhkha)
5. The Sankhya Conception of Bondage andLiberation
6. Influence of Sankhya Metaphysics in Ayurveda andYoga

Reference

1.011Sаnkhya Kаrikа of Isvara Krishna (Swami Virupkshananda (tr), (Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama,1995).2.011Sаnkhya-tattva-kaumudi of Vаcaspati Misra (Rama Sastri Bhandari (ed),Varanasi: Chaukamba Sanskrit Series,1920).3.011Burley, Mikel, Classical Sankhya and Yoga: An Indian Metaphysics of Experience, Routledge Hindu Studies Series: 3, ((London: Routledge,2007).4.011Chakravarti, Pulinbehari, Origin and Development of Sankhya System of Thought (New Delhi: Oriental Books Reprint Corporation,1975)5.011Larson, Gerald J., Classical Sānkhya. An Interpretation of its History and Meaning (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass,1979)6.011Larson, Gerald J., and Bhattcahraya, R. S. (ed), Sаnkhya, Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol IV (Delhi; Motilal Banarsidass Publishers,2006).7.011Sen Gupta, Anima, Classical Sankhya: A Critical Study (New Delhi: Munishiram Manoharlal Publishers,2008).