Samkhya thoughts in the Mahabharata
by Shini M.V. | 2017 | 51,373 words
This page relates 鈥楴ineteen and Twenty Tattvas of Samkhya philosophy鈥� of the study of Samkhya thought and philosophy as reflected in the Shanti-Parva of the Mahabharata. Samkhya represents one of the six orthodox schools of Indian Philosophy and primarily deals with metaphysical knowledge and explains the Universe without the need to introduce God. The Mahabharata is an ancient Sanskrit epic which includes many Sankhya theories while expounding twenty-five principles.
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Nineteen and Twenty Tattvas of S膩峁僰hya philosophy
It comes in the 275th chapter in the 艢膩ntiparva The same chapter explains nineteen and twenty tattvas.
别办补艣肠补 诲补艣补 c膩峁ａ弓au ca 驳耻峁嚹佱弗 saha 艣ar墨ri峁嚹� |
mah膩n sa峁僤h膩rayatyetacchar墨ra峁� v膩yun膩 saha ||
奴峁a峁嚹� saha vi峁兣沷 v膩 sa峁僩h膩ta岣� p膩帽cabhautika岣� || [1]
This body made up of the five principal elements is only a combination. The eighteen attributes with him that own the body and counting stomachic heat numbering twentieth form is known as the combination of the five.
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[1]:
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 XII, 275, 30 -31.