History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c39.s2.2

c39.s2.2

These mechanical examples of the Kapila-Samkhya have the merit of simplicity, but the Patanjali-Samkhya explains causation on the basis of the conservation and transformation of Energy, advancing it as the liberation of potential Energy, existing stored up in a *guṇa* collocation (the sum of material causes). The liberation follows on the action of the proximate efficient cause or concomitant condition.