The Samkhya System: A History of the Samkhya Philosophy c5.16

c5.16

It has, however, been argued from the occurrence of the name, Kapila, in v, 2, and of Sāṃkhya in vi, 13, in connection with Yoga, that the Sāṃkhya-Yoga system was definitely known to the author or redactor of the Upaniṣad. But this is clearly not shown by the facts adduced. Kapila is, as we have seen, not a human personage at all, and the parallel of i, 3, where in place of Sāṃkhya and Yoga are found Dhyāna and Yoga, show clearly that we have here Sāṃkhya in the simple sense of meditation as opposed to devotion in Yoga.