Kent, Stephen A. Philosophy East and West Vol.32:3(July 1982)s P.259-278 The University of Hawaii Press (C) by University of Hawaii Press INTRODUCTION In the twelth canto of the Buddhacarita (B)(1) A'svagho.sa describes the sage Araa.da's metaphysical system, (2) and provides statements concerning the liberating knowledge t hat people achieve by working through it. Araa.da's metaphysical system consists of twenty-five principles, the highest of which is distinct f rom the others. Liberating knowledge involves the highest principle 'knowing' its separation from the other consituents, and the technique by which the highest principle realizes this knowledge is the cultivation of the powers of discrimination. Araa.da's metaphysical system bears striking resemblances to systems that appear in other texts from roughly the same era. For instance, it has such close affinities with metaphysical systems in Book Twelve of the Mahaabhaarata( Mbh), the Mok.sadharma, (3) that the translator of the Buddhacarita, E.H.

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Johnston, suspects both works have a common authority, possibly a text of the little-known. Var.saga.nya school.(4)Additional similarities exist in certain passages of the Bhagavadgiitaa(Bv g),(5) but the difficulties over dating the latter text make the question of influence between the two impossible to answer with certainty.(6) Another similar metaphysical description is elaborated in the Indian medical text from the first century c.e., the Caraka Sa.mhitaa(CS), (7) and various resem- blances between Araa.da's reputed system, as well as several differences, r eadily can be identif ied. (8) Finally, several Upani.sads(U), especially the Katha Upani.sad and the 'Svetaa'svatar a Upani.sad, contain descriptions of metaphysical systems that resemble Araa.da's.(9) Araa.da's system, along with the systems that resemble it, often are referred to as forms of 'early Saa.mkhya,' (10) and therefore a prelude to II'svarak.r.s.na's classical Saa.mkhya(11) system of about the fifth century C.E.(12) Johnston, for instance, speak s in this manner.