The Materialism of the Samkhya Philosophy
V. Brodov The founder of the Samkhya1 philosophical system and the author of the Samkhya-sutra was, as is generally believed, Kapila (c. 6th-5th centuries B. C.). The Samkhya-sutra was lost, so that we have to use later sources – Isvarakrishna Samkhya Karika (3rd-4th centuries C. E.), Vacaspati Misra’s Samkhya Tattva Kaumudi (9th century), and others.…