Christopher Key Chapple 
The Sāṃkhya System [EPUB ebook] 
Accounting for the Real

Regarding Ardhanārīśvara
Gayatri Sehgal

Preface

Introduction
Christopher Key Chapple

Sāṃkhya Kārikā of Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Part I: Philosophical and Textual Approaches to the Sāṃkhya Kārikā

1. What Is the Ground of Manifest Reality in the Sāṃkhya Kārikā? An Existential Phenomenological Theory of Vyaktaprakṛti as the Self-Manifesting of Saṃyoga
Geoff Ashton

2. The Role of Vitality (Prāṇa) in the Sāṃkhya Quest for Freedom
Ana Laura Funes Maderey

3. The Place of Meditative Soteriological Practice in Sāṃkhya Philosophy
Mikel Burley

4. The Determinative Nature of the Guṇas and Bhāvas in the Sāṃkhya Karikā
Christopher Key Chapple

5. Pratyaya: State of Mind in Yoga and Sāṃkhya
Srivatsa Ramaswami

Part II: Living Expressions of Sāṁkhya

6. Kāpil Maṭh: A Contemporary Living Tradition of Sāṃkhyayoga
Marzenna Jakubczak

7. Observing Sāṃkhya Categories in a Mid-Twentieth-Century Village
Mc Kim Marriott

8. Sāṃkhya/Yoga as Culture and Release
Alfred Collins

Appendix: Sāṃkhya Kārikā Grammatical Analysis
Rob Zabel

Bibliography
Contributors
Index

Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount University. His previous books include Yoga and the Luminous: Patañjali’s Spiritual Path to Freedom and Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas, both published by SUNY Press.