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The Sánkhya Káriká

or, Memorial Verses on the Sánkhya Philosophy

By Īśvarakṛṣṇa

First written 4th–5th century CE

About this book

Colebrooke’s translation of Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sāṃkhyakārikā, the classical text of the Sāṃkhya school, with Wilson’s translation of the commentary attributed to Gauḍapāda and his own explanatory notes. The first English version of the work.

The edition

Title
The Sánkhya Káriká: or, Memorial Verses on the Sánkhya Philosophy
Translated by
Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Horace Hayman Wilson
Publisher
Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
Year
1837

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Period

Late Antiquity200 CE to 700 CE

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