Subtle Bodies Postulated in the Classical Sāṅkhya System

Adhiś = Adhisthāna Śarıra GP = Gauda Pada GPBh =Gauda Pada's Bhasya on SK Linś Linga Sarıra SK = Sänkhya Karıka SPBh == Sankhya Pravacana Bhasya SPS Sankhya Pravacana Sutra STK - Sankhya Tattva Kaumudi VB VacM Vijñāna Bhiksu = Vacaspati Misra According to Sankhya Philosophy, there are two ultimate principles in the universe Purusa

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वाढवाणी पूछते हैं कि शास्त्रीय सांख्य कितने सूक्ष्म शरीर मानता है। सांख्यकारिका 39-42 को सांख्यप्रवचनसूत्र, वाचस्पति, गौडपाद, माठर तथा विज्ञानभिक्षु के साथ पढ़कर वे सिद्ध करते हैं कि ईश्वरकृष्ण को दो शरीर अभीष्ट थे — लिंगशरीर और तन्मात्रमय अधिष्ठानशरीर — न कि परवर्ती टीकाकारों द्वारा आरोपित एक ही लिंग। Wadhwani asks how many subtle bodies classical Sankhya postulates. Reading Sankhyakarika 39 to 42 against the Sankhyapravacanasutra, Vacaspati, Gaudapada, Mathara and Vijnanabhiksu, he argues that Isvarakrsna assumed two, the lingasarira and an adhisthanasarira of tanmatras, not the single linga later commentators read into him.

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