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The three last opinions are those of the followers of the Nyâya, the Sâ@nkhya, and the Yoga-philosophy respectively. The three opinions mentioned first belong to various materialistic schools; the two subsequent ones to two sects of Bauddha philosophers.

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As, for instance, the passages 'this person consists of the essence of food;' 'the eye, &c. spoke;' 'non-existing this was in the beginning,' &c.

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So the compound is to be divided according to Ân. Gi. and Go.; the Bhâ. proposes another less plausible division.

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According to Nirukta I, 2 the six bhâvavikârâh are: origination, existence, modification, increase, decrease, destruction.

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The pradhâna, called also prakriti, is the primal causal matter of the world in the Sâ@nkhya-system. It will be fully discussed in later parts of this work. To avoid ambiguities, the term pradhâna has been left untranslated. Cp. Sâ@nkhya Kârikâ 3.

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Kekit tu hiranyagaroham samsârinam evâgamâj jagaddhetum âkakshate. Ânanada Giri.

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Viz. the Vaiseshikas.

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Âtmanah sruter ity arthah. Ânanda Giri.

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Text (or direct statement), suggestive power (linga), syntactical connection (vâkya), &c., being the means of proof made use of in the Pûrva Mîmâmsâ.

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The so-called sâkshâtkâra of Brahman. The &c. comprises inference and so on.