[26]. Nothing more than a superficial comparison with Fichte is here intended. A large majority of the texts and the commentary literature would oppose the attempts of all those who would like to interpret Sāṃkhya-yoga on Fichtean lines.

[27]. Tattvakaumudī on Sāṃkhya-kārikā, 25.

[28]. Tattvavaiśāradī, III. 41.

[29]. This was first pointed out by Dr. B. N. Seal in his Physical, Chemical and Mechanical Theories of the Ancient Hindus in Dr. P. C. Ray’s Hindu Chemistry, Vol. II.

[30]. Yoga-vārttika, I. 45.

[31]. I have already said before that Bhikshu thinks that the guṇas (except the all-pervading ones) may be compared to the Vaiśeshika atoms. See Yoga-vārttika, III. 52.

[32]. Cf. Vyāsa-bhāshya—“sabdādīnāṃ mūrttisamānajátīyānāṃ,” IV. 14.

[33]. Vyāsa-bhāshya, II. 19.

[34]. Vyāsa-bhāshya, III. 13.

[35]. Ibid.