History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.98
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.98
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states that the fruit of both is apavarga which means the total disappearance of the sufferings of birth and death The quotation then proceeds to say that there are extensive and profound tantras concerning both Sāṅkhya and Yoga composed by former (sages) relying on ratiocination and tradition and these will be summarized and their subjects set out. As to the Sāṅkhyas there are these: mūlaprakṛti, seven categories that are both prakṛtis and vikṛtis, five tanmātrās, sixteen vikāras (products); indriyas are five (jñānedriyas) and five (karmendriyas), five objects of sense, five elements; thirteen karaṇas, three being antaḥkaraṇas; viparyaya of five kinds, aśakti of 28 kinds; tuṣṭi of nine kinds, siddhis of eight kinds; in this way there are 50 pratyayabhedas, there are ten basic matters, viz. astitva (existence of prakṛti &c). After this there is again an enumeration of prakṛti, avyakta, mahān, ahaṅkāra, five tanmātrās &c.