The Sánkhya Káriká
By Īśvarakṛṣṇa
Translated by Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Translated by Horace Hayman Wilson
Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837
First written 4th–5th century CE
In the public domain
About this text
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.
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Īśvarakṛṣṇa. The Sánkhya Káriká: or, Memorial Verses on the Sánkhya Philosophy. Translated by Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Horace Hayman Wilson. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837.
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