Origin and Development of the Samkhya System of Thought

Origin and Development of the Samkhya System of Thought by Pulinbihari Chakravarti is an important work dealing with different aspects of Samkhya. The learned scholar has elaborately discussed some of the fundamental topics of Samkhya and has also tried to trace its origin and the development which the system underwent in the different stages of its growth and evolution. Of the various" subjects discussed in the book, particular mention may be made of the Samkhya teachers and their works, Samkhya and Yoga, Samkhya and Buddhism, the Samkhya-Karika and its Commentries, Samkhya Theory of Knowledge, Samkhya Theory of Evolution, etc. The present Work is based entirely on a detailed study of the original texts and contains much new information that the author has been able to collect and analyse with erudition.