History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.133

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In the Śāntiparva it is stated that the propounder²²⁸¹ of Sānkhya was *paramarṣi* (highest sage) Kapila, Hiranyagarbha was the ancient knower of Yoga, no one else (knew it); Apāntaratamas was Vedācārya whom some called the sage Prācīnagarbha. In the previous chapter it is stated that Sāṅkhya, Yoga, Vedāraṇyaka and Pañcarātra are one and are aṅgas of each other. In Śānti. 326. 65 Hiraṇyagarbha is again connected with Yogaśāstra. Vide p 1371 above. In the Anuśāsanaparva ²²⁸² Sanatkumāra appears to be connected with Yoga as the founder, just as Kapila was the founder of Sāṅkhya. In the Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā (XII. 32-33) it is stated that Hiraṇyagarbha first propounded two Yogasaṃhitās, one was called ‘Nirodhayoga’ and the other was called ‘Karmayoga’, the first of which was again divided twelve-fold The Bhāmatī ²²⁸³ on V S II. 1. 3 states that that sūtra does not totally negative the authoritativeness of the Yogaśāstra of Hiraṇyagarbha and Patañjali. The Viṣṇupurāṇa ²²⁸⁴ appears to quote two verses from Hiraṇyagarbha (vide note below). Vācaspati in his commentary on Yogasūtra I. 1 states that Yogi-Yājñavalkya mentions that Hiraṇyagarbha was the propounder of Yoga. Vācaspati regards the Yogasūtra of Patañjali as later than Yoga-Yājñavalkya-smṛti. Therefore, it is almost certain that the V. S. refutes the doctrines of that Yoga system that was known to the Śāntiparva.