The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c4.s1.30

c4.s1.30

*N.B.*—The usual order given in the Sánkhya-Pátañjala compendiums is as follows :—Prakriti, Mahat, Ahaṅkára—and then the bifurcation, viz. 11 organs (sensory, motor and common sensori-motor) from Rájasic Ahaṅkára, and Tanmátras from Támasic Ahaṅkára—and finally the Paramánus of the Sthúla Bhútas. This is literally correct, but misses the significance of the doctrine of "differentiation within the integrated," according to which the Tanmátras are all evolved, through the medium of Ahaṅkára, in the cosmic matter of Experience (Mahat).