Prakr̥ti in Samkhya-yoga
Subtitle: material principle, religious experience, ethical implications
By: Knut A. Jacobsen.
Series: Asian thought and culture ;; v. 30
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Prakr̥ti (Sankhya); Sankhya.; Yoga.; Philosophy, Indic.; India -- Religion.
Description: "This book is the first monographic study of prakrti. It traces the history of the word prakrti, the word chosen by the modern North Indian languages to translate the English word 'nature,' through the texts of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain systems of religious thought. Prakrti is one of the central metaphysical principles in the religious traditions of Hinduism, especially in the very influential Samkhya and Yoga traditions.

The second part of the book gives a systematic analysis of this important principle in the Proto-Samkhya, Samkhya, and Samkhya-Yoga texts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-411) and index.