Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.7

c6.s5.7

Of these, the Sāṁkhya system is one of the oldest and has remained a potential challenge in the debate for all other systems except the Yoga. Kapila, its proponent, was of the earliest of non-conformists. He stood against the rituals. *Baudhāyana* II.vi.30 says that before Kapila there were three *āśramas* — *brahmacarya*, *gṛhastha* and *vānaprastha*. Kapila introduced the fourth — the *saṁnyāsa*. The order of Kapila was accepted by Āsuri of *asura* descent.