Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t10.8

v1.c7.s7.t10.8

a divine figure called Kapila, who descended into the world from the sky”. And in its second half, it went on to go through the school’s genealogy with Kapila unequivocally credited as the very first founding sage of Samkhya, and then it was passed to Asuri, Pañcaśikha Garga, Uluuka and Isvarakrsna. And among the various “founding fathers” of the school, the one who played the most important role in spreading Samkhya was Isvarakrsna (4^th century CE).