History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.15

v7.c94.15

²²¹⁴ एतत्पवित्रमग्र्यं मुनिरासुरयेऽनुकम्पया प्रददौ। आसुरिरपि पञ्चशिखाय तेन च बहुधा कृतं तन्त्रम्॥ शिष्यपरम्परयागतमीश्वरकृष्णेन चैतदार्याभिः। संक्षिप्तमार्यमतिना सम्यग्विज्ञाय सिद्धान्तम्॥ सां. का 70-71. It should be noticed that Gauḍapāda comments only on 69 verses and omits these two and a subsequent verse ‘सप्तत्यां किल येऽर्थास्तेऽर्थाः कृत्स्नस्य षष्टितन्त्रस्य। आख्यायिकाविरहिताः परवादविवर्जिताश्चापि॥, which means that all the matters contained in the whole Saṣṭitantra (of Pañcaśikha) are contained in the seventy verses (of the Sāṅkhyakārikā), excluding the illustrative stories and the controversies with others. The Sāṅkhyakārikā is known as Sāṅkhyasaptati and in Chinese as ‘Suvarṇasaptati.