Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c5.6

c5.6

By SIVA himself, the Pasupata writings were composed; KANA'DA is the author of the Vaisheshika Philosophy. The Nyáya originates with GAUTAMA. KAPILA, is the founder of the Sánkhya school, and VRIHASPATI of the Chárváka. JAIMINI, by SIVA's orders, composed the Mímánsa, which is heretical, in as far as it inculcates works in preference to faith, and SIVA himself, in the disguise of a Brahman, or as VYA'SA, promulgated the Vedánta, which is heterodox in Vaishnava estimation, by denying attainable, are the *Sankara Digvijaya* of ANANDA GIRI, and the *Sarva Dersana Sangraha* of MA'DHAVA'CHA'RYA, the former a reputed disciple of SANKARA himself, and the latter a well known and able writer, who lived in the commencement of the fourteenth century.