TY - BOOK AU - Larson, Gerald James AU - Larson,Gerald James TI - Classical Samkhya: An Interpretation of Its History and Meaning SN - 0896840581 U1 - S33 PY - 1979/// CY - Delhi PB - Motilal Banarsidass N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; I. A critical review of the history of interpretations of the samkhya 7 Brief Exposition of the Principles of Classical Samkhya 7 Critical Review of Interpretations ... 15 Richard Garbe ... ... ... 15 Joseph Dahlmann ... ... ... 22 Paul Oltramare ... ... ... 23 Hermann Oldenberg ... ... 26 A. B. Keith ... ... ... 29 Franklin Edgerton ... ... ... 33 Surendranath Dasgupta ... ... 36 E. H. Johnston ... ... ... 41 Erich Frauwallner ... ... ... 48 J. A. B. van Buitenen ... ... 52 J. W. Hauer ... ... ... 57 Mircea Eliade ... ... ... 60 Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya ... ... 63 K. C. Bhattacharya ... .... 66 Other Contributions ... ... 70 Conclusions ... ... ... 70 an interpretation of the historical development of classical samkhya 75 III. an interpretation of the meaning of classical samkhya 154 The Means of Knowledge ... ... 157 prakrti, gunas and satkaryavada ... ... 160 purufa ... ... ... 167 Association and Interaction of prakrti and purufa 171 Emergence and Functioning of the tatt ... 176 Discrimination and Release ... ... 201 Conclusions and Final Evaluation ... 206 epilogue : Sankara`s Criticism of Samkhya and the Samkhya Response ... ... ... 209 A chart of the Twenty-five Principles of Classical Samkhya ... ... ... 236 ER -