A LECTURE SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY, EMBRACING THE TEXT TATTWA SAMA'SA- PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE BENARES COLLEGE BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT N. W. P Mirtapore, ORPHAN NoWoOD PRESG;—svPT. B. 0, waTiER. 1850,PREFACE. ‘Tuts Lecture, delivered in the session of 1849, isa sequel to those on the Nydya Philosophy delivered to the senior class of pupils in the English Department of the Benares College, in 1848, «with the view of introducing them to the philosophical terminology current among their learned fellow-countrymen the pandits.” For selecting the Tattia-samésa as the text-book, there were two motives—the sim ity of its arrangement, and the extreme rarity of the work. Mr. Colebrooke (at p. . vol, Ist of his Essays) speaks of it as being uncertain whether the work were still extant; and few of the pandits appear to know it exeept by. TRB. Benares Satie Bist July, 1850,SYNOPSIS OF THE CONTENTS. ‘Whe twenty-five Prineiples—consisting of — Tai eicur rropverns :— Viz, No. 6—'The Undiseret No. 8,—Intellect— fa. 17—Sel «No. 19.—The five Subtile Elements— No. 26.—T1 Viz. No. The eleven Organs— yy No, 81.—The five Gross El No, 34—Soun, consciousness— eTREN Propvorioss :-— ‘The operation of the Principles—eonsisting in No. 54.—Developement— No. 78.—Bondage- ‘The Sénkhya theory of Evidence—involving’ No. 76.—Perception— No. 77-—Infere No. 78.—Testimony.