History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.9

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That the argument from design also was present to the minds of the propounders of Vedānta follows from the fact that the Vedāntasūtra (II. 2. 1, racanānupapatteśca nānumānam) denies that the *Pradhāna* of the Sāṅkhya (that is postulated as *acetana*) can be inferred as the cause of the universe.²⁴³³