Madhava An Early Unfaithful Exponent Of The Sankhya

Author(s): V Raghavan
Publisher: V Raghavan

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MADHAVA, AN EARLY UNFAITHFULL EXPONENT OF THE SANKHYA 3 an unfaithful manner : 317A silfurfhINAI Aingialasen TAFITATHAI समर्थयते / आगमभ्रंशकारिणां पुंसामन्यथा / पूर्वरचनावैपरीत्येन रचनादर्शनादिति सम्बन्धः / अन्यथा रचनायां कारणमाह / प्राहोपुरुषिकयेत्यादि / आहोपुरुषिकयेत्यहमानित्वेन / यथा सांख्यनाशकमाधवेन सांख्यसिद्धान्तस्यान्यथा रचनं कृतम् / तदर्शनविद्वेषेण वान्यथा रचना FFHTIG I 'Sankhya-nasaka' is thus a badge of notriety gained by Madhava * for the salya-sarathya he did for the Sankhya system. Corroboration of the existence of an early Sankhya writer of this name comes from Hieun-Tsiang who mentions in his Travels that in Magadha was a monastery dedicated to the Buddhist teacher Gunamati, "who here vanquished in discussion the great Sankhya Doctor Madhava". It is significant to note in this connection that GunamatiR wrote what is called the Laksananusastra which Paramartha rendered into the Chinese about 560 A, D., a text which shows "an intimate acquaintance with the Sankhya teachings". 5. T. Watters : On Yuan Chevang's Travels in India, London, Vol. II, pp. 108-9. 6. "One Sthiramati was a pupil of Guramati and lived before 425 A. D." Winternita: History of Indian Literature, Calcutta University, Vol. II, p. 362, fn. 3.