सांख्यदर्शन: Samkhya Darshan Sanskrit Text With Hindi Translation

DETAILS :

• ASIN: ‎ B09BLF2L86
  
• Author: by श्री प्रभु दयालु (Shri Prabhu Dayalu)
  
• Publisher: ‎ Khemraj Shrikrishnadass
  
• Language: ‎ Sanskrit
  
• Paperback: ‎ 188 pages
  
• Weight: 200 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

सांख्यदर्शन: सांख्यप्रवचन सूत्रम् (Samkhya Darshan: Samkhya Pravachan Sutram), featuring the definitive Sanskrit text accompanied by an authoritative Hindi translation and commentary by the eminent scholar Shri Prabhu Dayalu Shastri, is a foundational masterwork in the landscape of orthodox Indian philosophy (Shad-Darshan). Published by prestigious Indological institutions like the Ramlal Kapoor Trust, this volume serves as a critical gateway to understanding India's oldest intellectual tradition. The core philosophy of this text centers on Dualistic Realism, presenting a strictly rational, analytical, and evolutionary template of the cosmos that completely bypasses theological dogmatism to map the absolute cessation of human suffering.

The volume is structurally organized around the six classical chapters (Shadadhyayi) of Sage Kapil’s original aphorisms. Shri Prabhu Dayalu organizes the text with exceptional logical flow, systematically decoding the system's core doctrines, starting with the absolute uprooting of the threefold existential miseries, namely intrinsic, environmental, and supernatural sufferings. He then unpacks Samkhya’s cornerstone scientific premise of Satkaryavada, which argues that an effect cannot emerge out of nothing and must pre-exist implicitly within its material cause. Finally, he maps the eternal, independent interplay between Purusha, the unchangeable conscious witness, and Prakriti, the primal, unconscious matter composed of the three equilibrium-bound Gunas: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shri Prabhu Dayalu Shastri was an elite, deeply realized Sanskrit grammarian, Vedic logician, and philosopher. His life work was dedicated to translating highly cryptic, ancient Sanskrit aphorisms into lucid, textually faithful vernacular languages without compromising their rigorous academic baseline.

Shri Prabhu Dayalu’s authorial and analytical style is extraordinarily structured, clear, and direct. Writing with the precision of a classical academician, he organizes each entry by presenting the original Sanskrit Sutra, its structural text-splitting (Padachheda), a word-for-word semantic breakdown (Shabdartha), and finally, his exhaustive Hindi commentary. He completely avoids speculative or modern political digressions, choosing instead to anchor his text in the classical commentaries of Vijnanabhikshu and Aniruddha. By translating dense logical paradigms like 'gun-kshobha' (equilibrium disruption) into scannable, accessible explanations, his translation remains an irreplaceable national gold standard for indologists, university research scholars, and students of Indian metaphysics worldwide.