CHAPTER II

A'tman as the First Cause

Second Stanza of the Hymn--Vaiseshika's Atomic theory--Vaiseshika's threefold cause--The Sankhya Theory--Refutation of the Atomic Theory--The Theory of Illusion--Intelligence and activity inhere only in the Sentient--The Vaiseshika's categories--The Sankhya's categories--The twenty-four Principles of the Theistic Sankhya--The twenty-four Principles of the Atheistic Sankhya--The Thirty Principles of the Pauranikas--The thirty-six Principles of S'aivagama--Vedic Doctrine of Maya--I'svara is not a mere efficient cause. pp. <page 17>-52