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Concept of Suksma Sarira in Indian Philosophy
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The development of gross body is based on the concept of sükşma śarīra because gross body can not develop without the help of sükşma sarira. The sūksma śarīra enters in the mother's womb along with the jīvātman. Jivātman is responsible for the development of foetus which is manifested in the form of stūla-śarira. In Samkhya Yoga, citta is the ultimate cause of worldly suffering and bondage. The liberation from pañcamahābhūtas (gross body) is the ultimate object of Vedānta philosophy. References: 1. Chāndogya Upanişad, VI, 71. 2. Caraka Śarīra, 2.31. 3. Caraka Sarira, 2.31. 4. Sāṁkhya Tattva Kaumudi, 41. 5. Särkhya Pravacana Bhāşya, III, 9. 6. Sārkhya Kārikā, 39. 7. Sāṁkhya Tattva Kaumudi, 39.40.41. 8. Sämmkhya Sūtra, III, 9. 9. Samkhyatattvayāthārthyadipana, 5-6. 10. Sāṁkhya Pravacana Bhāsya, V, 103. 11. Sāṁkhya Tattva Kaumudi, 42. 12. Sāmkhya Kārikā, 40. 13. S.N. Dasgupta, A History of Indian Philosophy Vol. II, p. 305
366. 14. Pātañjali - Yogasūtra, with the commentary of Tattva Vaiśāradi.
Vachaspati Mishra, IV: 10. 15. Nyāya mañjarī, p. 469. 16. Nyāya Kaundalini, p. 33 quoted from S.N. Dasgupta, A History
of Indian Philosophy, Vol. II, p. 306. 17. Brahma Sūtra, 2.9.10. 18. Saṁkara on Brhadāraṇyaka Upanişad, 1.4.17. 19. Pañcadasi, 3:7. 20. Pancadaśí, 3:5. 21. Caraka, Śarīra, 4.6. 22. Cakrapāņi on Caraka Šarīra, 2:36. 23. Suśruta Śarīra, 1:17.
24. Caraka Šarīra, 2:4.
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