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# Samkhya treatise of Vindhyavasin 1.2: Vyomavatī · Śāstravārtāsamuccaya

Sāṃkhya treatise of Vindhyavāsin 1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.vindhyavasin.1.2)

puruṣo 'vikṛtātmaiva svanirbhāsam acetanam /  
manaḥ karoti sānnidhyād upādhiḥ sphaṭikaṃ yathā //

> The puruṣa, indeed unmodified in nature, by its proximity / makes the unconscious mind reflect itself, just as an adjunct \[colours\] crystal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> The person, itself unchanged, by its mere presence makes the unconscious mind reflect it, as a coloured object does a crystal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (2)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.vindhyavasin~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.vindhyavasin*fragments~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śāstravārtāsamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.sastravartasamuccaya.3.2.221) — Haribhadra Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Vyomavatī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vaisesika.padarthadharmasangraha!vyomavati.5.61) — Vyomaśiva, Sanskrit

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