Theosophical Society’s Publication. The Sankhya Karika by Iswara Krishna; Translated From the Sanscrit by Henry Thomas Colebrroke. Also The Bhashya or Commentary of Gaudapada; Translated and Illustrated by an Original Comment by Horace Hayman Wilson

The first verse ortiv Karikt proposes the subject of the work and not only of that but of the system to which it belongs and of every philosophical system studied by thef 5 Y Hindus ; the common end of which is ascertainment of the meads by which perpetual exemption from the metempsychoiis or from the necessity of repeated.births may be attained : for life is uniformly fAarded by the Hindus [...] Perception ;—as the ear the skin the eye the tongue the nose are the five organs of sense ; and their five objects are respectively sound feel form flavour and odour : the ear apprehends sound ; the skin feel ; the eye font.; the tongue taste ; the nose smell. [...] The illustrations of the commentator do not very clearly explain the purport of the two kings of this proof seen' and heard.' In the S' dstra dipikd the first' is exeplified by the sentence DEVADATTA is aliye but not in his house ; it is presumed therefore that he is abroad!' Heard ' s' rata is referred to the V6das and applies to the interpretation of receipts by the spirit as well as t [...] The afpearance or manifestation of the oil is a proof that it was contained in the sesamum and -consequently is a proof of the existence of the source whence it is derived. [...] the question is 'whther effect exists or not before production ; and not whether it is produced iovrt an a TA37 grri: It is the productions or appearance OF that which. is or is not ; not.the production of any thing BY that which is or is not ; agreeably to the &Ara of KAPILA.: There is no production of that which is not as of a man's hornf—The production of that which is not is impo