Authorship Of Sastitantram

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Author: G Oberhammer
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khyātireva darsanam 3) to Pañcasikha, the Yuktidīpikā mentions it as taken from the Sāstram 24), a work which is cited in several places in the same text. Further the quotation rūpātiśayā ..... pravartante in the Yogabhāsyam is also attributed to Pañcasikha. by Vācaspati 25), whereas the Yuktidīpikā attributes it to Vrsagana 26), who appears to be well known to this work even to the very details of his teachings. This fact makes this attribution absolutely authentic.
Thus three quotations in the Yogabhāsyam have already been verified as being Vrsagaņa’s. The fragment in the Yogabhāsyam on III, 53: mūrtivyavadhi jātibhedābhāvānnāsti mūlaprthaktvam is attributed to Vrşagaņa by the Bhāsyam itself. The fragment in the Yogabhāşyam on III, 13 is the above-discussed, which is mentioned once more in the Bhāsyam on II, 15, and is verified as Vrşagama's by the Yuktidīpikā. The fragment in the Bhāsyam on IV, 13: gunuinam paramam rūpam ..... sutucchakam is attributed to Vrşagaña by Vācaspati, which he (Vācaspati) himself states in another place to be a doctrine of the Şaştitantram 27). Finally the fragment in the Yoyabhāsyam on III, 14: jalabhūmyoḥ ..... abhivyaktir is ascertained as Vrsagana's through Simhasūri's com. mentary on the Nayacakram 28). From what we have seen we can conclude that Vrsagaña is one of the chief authorities for the Yogabhāsyam on the speculative problems of the Sāmkhya metaphysics. These findings are based on sources older than Vācaspati and are therefore historically more reliable. It is quite the opposite with regard to the Pañcaśikha-fragments which are nothing but anonymous quotations attributed to Pañcaśikha by Vācaspati alone several hundred years later and so cannot be accepted as really such.
3) Tattvavaisāradi on Y.S. I, 1. **) Yuktidipikā, p. 41, 25 f. 5) Tattvavaisāradi on Y.S. III, 13.
20) Yuklidipikā, p. 72, 5f.: tathā ca bhagavān vārsaganyah pathati rūpātiśayā rrtlyatisayāśca viruddhyante, sāmānyāni tvatiśayaih saha vartante.
9) Tattvavaiśāradi on Y. S. IV, 13. Cf. Bhāmati on Br. S. II, 1, 3: ata eva yoga. sästram vyut padayitā āha sma bhagavān vārşaganyah.
8) Dvadasāranayacakram, p. 320, 2—4. Cf. Yuktidipikā, p. 81, 21 f.
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