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पतञ्चलकाप्य (pataJcalakApya)

 
Vedic Reference
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Patañcala Kāpya is the name of a sage mentioned twice in
the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.^1 According to Weber, ^2 his
name is reminiscent of Kapila and Patañjali of the Śāṅkhya-
Yoga system, but this suggestion may be regarded as quite
improbable.^3
1) iii. 3, 1
7, 1.
2) Indische Studien, 1, 434, 435
Indian Literature, 126, 137, 223, 236, 237.
3) Cf. Garbe, Sāṅkhya Philosophie, 25, 26.