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Historical Note: Concept of Manas in Sāṃkhya Darśana

2015; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 50; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.16943/ijhs/2015/v50i1/48115

2454-9991

Hetal Amin,

Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography

Since time immemorial manas has been the subject of curiosity for scholars, scientists and philosophers.Vedic, Philosophical and Āyurvedic literatures have a vast and deep description of manas.Philosophers either 'āstika' or 'nāstika' have described manas siddhāñta vividly.Though these kinds of difference of opinions are there, all the darśana accept the importance of manas in the process of perception and even for the birth of any individual.Here, an attempt is made to highlight the concept of manas in sākhya darśana.