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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& other calamities. This description is not at all in conformity
with the classical Sankhya.
But the above description is similar to that of the Sankhya
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accounts, found in the Carakasamhita 101 (Sarira 1/155/156, V/21 & 33)
& the Buddhacarita (XII.65). Even, while expounding the Sankhya
doctrine, both the above works describe like Devala, the Brahman
to be the ultimate state to be reached by the Yogin. It is also
described as nirvana in the caraka. The exposition of S盲nkhya
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doctrines in the Mahabharata (Cf.Santi.275/39) also contains
references to the Brahman, not admitted by the classical Sankhya.
Thus the exposition of Devala also reflects upon the priority
of Devala to the Sankhyakarika. Devala has borrowed the Sankhya
& Yoga accounts from the ancient works of those systems, that
admitted even the concept of Brahman.
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