Sarvadarshanasangraha 7.82

7.82

tathāpi kathaṃ punar asya puryaṣṭakatvam/ bhūtatanmātrabuddhīndriyakarmendriyāntaḥkaraṇasaṃjñaiḥ pañcabhir vargais tatkāraṇena guṇatattvena tadāpūrakeṇa pradhānena kalādipañcakātmanā vargeṇa cārabdhatvād ity avirodhaḥ/ tatra puryaṣṭakayutān viśiṣṭapuṇyasaṃpannān kāṃścid anugṛhya bhuvanapatitvam atra maheśvaro ’nantaḥ prayacchati/ tad uktam —

Now in the case of some of those souls who are joined to the puryaṣṭaka body, Maheśvara Ananta having compassionated them as possessed of peculiar merit, constitutes them here as lords of the world; as has been said—

How, then, can any different account be maintained? We grant this, and hence the venerable Rāma Kaṇṭha has explained that sūtra in its literal meaning [i. e., as puryaṣṭaka, is derived from aṣṭa, "eight"], so why should we be prolix in the discussion? Still, if you ask how we can reconcile our account with the strict nominal definition of puryaṣṭaka, we reply that there is really no contradiction, as we maintain that it is composed of a set of eight in the following manner:—(1.) The five elements; (2.) the five rudiments; (3.) the five organs of knowledge; (4.) those of action; (5.) the fourfold internal organ; (6.) their instrument;[30] (7.) nature [prakṛti]; and (8.) the class composed of the five, beginning with kalā, which form a kind of case.[31]