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· The title of my thesis is 'The Samkhya and the Jain theories of Pariņāma' based mainly on Sanskrit texts. 'In order to make the title more precise I have slightly changed it into 'The Samkhya -Yoga and the Jain theories of Pariņāma based mainly on Sanskrit texts.'
Modern scholars have studied both the Samkhya-Yoga and Jain systems in their various aspects. No one, however, so far as I know, has utilised the Samkhya-Yogi sources and ideas contained in them to formulate a systematic Samkhya-Yoga theory of Pariņāma, and the Jain sources to formulate the Jain theory of Pariņāma. What is more, the problem of relation bet. ween the Samkhya-Yoga and Jain systems has been touched by scholars like Garbe, Jacobi, etc., but no one has, I think, attempted a comparative study of these systems and their bearing on the theory of Parinama. Hence, this my attempt.
In preparing this thesis I have drawn upon important Sanskệt sources pertaining to Samkhya-Yoga system and Sanskțit and Prākệt souces pertaining to Jain, system, which all are referred to in the bibliography. I have also utilised translation of the same in European and Indian languages wherever available and necessary. At certain places, we have thought it proper to give only the gist of the passages. For modern criticism of the two theories I have also consulted the relevant journals and such works as Garbe's Sāmkhya-Yoga, Keith's Samkhya System, Dr. Seal's Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus etc., Jacobi's Studies in Jainism, Dr. Mookerji's Jain Philosophy of Non-absolutism etc. (cf. Bibliography)
I have divided my thesis in eleven chapters. In the first chapter, I have tried to show from Vedas - especially the Rgveda
