tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Atman and Mokṣa
only of the nature of adjuncts. It is made still more clear by defining the term adjunct or upadhi. 'Upadhi means that abode of expression of the consciousness (caitanya) of the spirit, just as fuel is to the fire.' The upadhis are thus the causes of the plurality of the Purusas. All these adjuncts which give empirical nature to the eternal Puruşa are modifications of the original primordial matter (Prakṛti).
Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Purusas are infinite in number, according to the Samkhya system. It has been already shown that the plurality of the Purusas is not metaphysically tenable; the plurality of them is real only on the phenomenal level due to the various adjuncts which are the products of evolution of the Prakṛti. Prakṛti, after losing for the first time its balance of the three attributes, produces Mahat or Buddhi. While the term 'mahat' brings out the cosmic aspect, buddhi which is used as a synonym for it, refers to the psychological counterpart pertaining to each individual. The Mahat is known also as the Great or Brahma implying that it is the cosmic aspect of the products of Prakṛti Buddhi is not here the intellect of individual but it is something wider than that as it is the cause of the mental and material things which
1 Sarvadars'anasangraha. See (Com.) by Vasudev Shastri Abhyankar on Samkha System, p. 315.
जीवगता अखिला विशेषाः प्रधानाद्युपाधिसम्बन्धेन भासमाना औपाधिका एव । विशेषास्तौपाधिका एव ।
Ibid. Com. on Samkya System, p. 315. उपाधिश्चात्मचैतन्यस्याभिव्यक्तिस्थानम् । वहेरिन्धनवत् ।
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