History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.94

v7.c94.94

On p. 1352 and in note 2208 above occurs the statement of Śaṅkarācārya that Devala, a Sūtrakāra on Dharma, accepted Sāṅkhya doctrines. This will be briefly indicated here. Aparārka on Yāj. III. 109 quotes a very long passage²²⁶³ from Devala, which after stating that there are two goals of human life (puruṣārtha) viz *abhyudaya* and *nihśreyasa* and that the latter comprises Sāṅkhya and Yoga, defines Sāṅkhya as the knowledge of twenty-five tattvas, and yoga as the fixing of the mind on the desired goal after turning it away from objects of sense, and