Meta Physics Of Samkhya-Yoga: An Analytical Study

Abstract

The Samkhya system of Kapila is said to have been existing during the seventh century B.C.E. However, the earliest available text on this philosophy is the commentary by Isvara Krishna of the third century C.E. The system is most notable for its theory of evolution and for its reduction of the numerous categories of Nyāya and Vaisesika to two fundamental ones, namely, purusha and prakriti, the former being understood as Universal Awareness and the latter as Universal

energy. Prakriti is often translated as “Nature.” However, it is clear from the writing that the wider and larger definition of creative energy is what is meant by Kapila when he uses it. For him, “Nature” is part of the Universal Energy.