Ishvarakrishna is the author to whom the Samkhyakarika is attributed, the earliest surviving text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy. He is placed around 350 CE. In the text he describes himself as a successor of the disciples of the great sage Kapila, through Asuri and Pancashikha. His work consists of seventy two verses in the Arya metre, and its last verse asserts that the original Samkhya Karika had only seventy verses. A Chinese translation available by 569 CE fixes the latest date by which the text was completed, though its original date of composition is unknown.
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Source Samkhya Karika (Wikipedia)
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1. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Sankhya
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Its classical formulation is found in Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sāṅkhya-Kārikā (ca. 350 C.E.)
Sāṅkhya-Kārikā (Samkhyakarika) of Īśvarakṛṣṇa
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Samkhya Karika (Wikipedia)
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It is attributed to Īśvarakṛṣṇa (fl. 350 CE).
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