[165] The Persian text has اوديا, _audíjà_.
[166] اسمتا _ismatá_, perhaps इष्मता “desire,” from इष “to desire.”
[169] The edit. of Calc. reads ابہویشہ _abhvèsha_. I am induced to substitute for it _avivèchana_ अविवे चना and must remark that the original text appears here, in its denominations and definitions, rather more incorrect than in other places. According to the well known doctrine of the Sánk’hyá, the obstructions of the intellect here meant to be indicated are “error, conceit, passion, hatred, and fear;” which are severally denominated obscurity, illusion, extreme illusion, gloom, and utter darkness (_Transact. R. A. S._, vol. I. p. 33).
[175] This account of the Sánkhyá philosophy will appear very incomplete as to the whole, and incorrect in the few particulars given. I shall enumerate the principal categories of this philosophy, which are, with little variation, adopted by all the schools of Hindu philosophy, and perpetually alluded to.
_Mula-prakritti_ 1 “NATURE,” the root of all, no production.
PRINCIPLES PRODUCTIONS: _Which are productions and_ _Productions of Ahankára are_: _productive:_ Produced by nature is: T { The 5 organs of perception: _Buddhi_, or _Mahat_, h { The ear, “intellect.” e { ―― skin, Produced by Buddhi: { ―― eye, _Ahankára_, “egotism.” 1 { ―― tongue, 1 { ―― nose. { The 5 organs of action: o { The voice, r { ―― hand, g { ―― foot, a { ―― organs of excretion, n { ―― ―――― ―― generation. s: { The mind.
The five subtile elements, producing The 5 gross elements: Sound ―― ―― Ether, Touch ―― ―― Air, Form ―― ―― Light, or Fire, Flavor ―― ―― Water, Odor ―― ―― Earth. ―――――――――――― ―――――――――――――― ―――――――――――――― 7 PRINCIPLES + 16 PRODUCTIONS = 23 CATEGORIES. _Purusha_, “the soul,” neither a production nor productive 1 TOTAL 25 _Tatwas_, That is, physical and metaphysical categories of the Sánk’hyá philosophy.
(See the work quoted, the _Sánk’hyá Kárika_, translated by Colebrooke, and commented by Professor Wilson, pp. 16-17, and elsewhere.)