The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c9.s6.4

c9.s6.4

Gotama, in his *Sûtras*, reports the Chârvâka explanation of instinctive emotional expressions in babes: पद्मादिषु प्रबोधसम्मोलनवत् तद्विकारः—Sûtra 20, Âhnika 1, Chapter III.; *cf.* the explanation of the movement preparatory to sucking: अयसो ऽयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत् तदुपसर्पणं—Sûtra 23, *ibid.* Jayanta, in the *Nyâya-manjarî*, reports the Chârvâka explanation of consciousness (and life).