- Ishvara Krishna
Ishvara Krishna (IAST|Iśvarakṛṣṇa) (c.350 - c.425 CE) was the author of the "
Samkhya Karika ", the earliest extant text of theSamkhya school of Indian philosophy, though the Samkhya school had been in existence for at least a millennium before him.Life and works
Almost nothing is known of Ishvara Krishna's life. In IAST |Sāṁkhya Kārikā, he described himself as being in the succession of the disciples from the great sage
Kapila , through IAST|Āsuri and IAST| Pañcaśikha [Davies, John (1881, reprint 2000) "Hindu Philosophy", Routledge,London, ISBN 0-415-24519-2,p.100] . His IAST |Sāṁkhya Kārikā consists 72 IAST |ślokas written in the IAST|Ārya metre. The last 3 IAST |ślokas were probably added later [Davies, John (1881, reprint 2000) "Hindu Philosophy", Routledge,London, ISBN 0-415-24519-2,p.10] .The earliest important commentary on his IAST |Kārikā was written by
Gaudapada . Another important commenatary isVacaspati Mishra 's IAST |Sāṁkhyatattvakaumudī (9th century CE).Translations of "Samkhya Karika"
The IAST |Sāṁkhya Kārikā was translated into Chinese in c. 6th century CE. In 1832,
Christian Lassen translated the text in Latin. H.T. Colebrooke first translated this text into English. Windischmann and Lorinser translated it into German and Pautier and St. Hilaire translated it into French.ee also
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Samkhya Notes
References
* Daniel P. Sheridan, "(IAST|Īshvarakrishna", in "Great Thinkers of the Eastern World", Ian McGreal, ed., New York: Harper Collins, 1995, pp. 194-197.
External links
* [http://www.easterntradition.org/samkhya%20karika.html Samkhya Karika with the Gaurapada's commentary - Sanskrit text and the English translation]
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