Essay name: Devala-smriti (critical study)
Author:
Mukund Lalji Wadekar
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This essay represents an English study of the Devala-smriti鈥攁n ancient text attributed to sage Devala classified as belonging to the Dharma-Shastra branch of Indian literature which encompasses jurisprudence and religious law. This study deals with the reconstructed text of the Devala-smriti based on surviving references, emphasizing Devala鈥檚 unique viewpoints on social, religious, and philosophical aspects, particularly the Sankhya and Yoga philosophies.
Chapter 10 - Philosophical aspect of the Devalasmriti
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Caraka nor Asvaghosa (in his Buddhacarita) mentions the tanmatras
& both of them count the objects of senses as the tattvas"
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Dr. Anima Sengupta also remarks that "the tanmatras are omitted
in many accounts (in the epic, the Gita, the Caraka-samhita etc.
44 & in their places, some sort of subtle bh奴tas (elements) are
substituted". Prof.Surendranath Dasgupta' mentions that "Caraka
does not mention the tanmatras at all".
But the theory of tanmatras is mentioned ar indicated
in the following references.
(1) The term 'Matra' in the sense of tanmatra is found in
the prasna Upanisad (4/8) 45 & the term tanmatra is explicitly
mentioned in the Maitrayani Upanisad (3/2)46.
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(2) The Ahirbudhnyas a峁僪ita (12/23) gives a detailed account
of the Sastitantra, wherein 'matratantra' is mentioned as one
among them.
(3) It is incidently mentioned at some places in the Mahabha
rata 48 In the Bhagavadg墨t膩 (2/14)49, the term matr膩 occurs & the
five subtle elements are referred to in the verse (VII.4) 50.
(4) Though the term 'tanmatra' does not occur in the caraka
& the Buddhacarita, there is mention of some sort of subtle
elements, which take the place of these tanm膩tr膩s. (Buddhacarita,
Ch.12/18, Caraka s膩r墨ra, 1/62).
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