The Samkhya System: A History of the Samkhya Philosophy c5.9

c5.9

Further light is thrown on the position by the *Praśna Upaniṣad*, which, though not a work of the same age as the *Kaṭha*, is nevertheless probably the earliest of the later prose Upaniṣads. In the fourth *Praśna* it is explained that in sleep in dreaming the senses enter into mind, and in deep sleep mind also passes into the brilliance, *Tejas*. Then follows an account of how all things are resolved into the