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Persona #169

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

c. 350 CE
Classical Indian philosopher; systematizer of Samkhya

Sāṃkhyakārikā — the seventy verses establishing the dualism of puruṣa (consciousness) and prakṛti (primordial nature)

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Attribute Īśvarakṛṣṇa
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Cyclical
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Disembodied
Observer · Agency Passive
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Cosmic-ordering
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method Mystical
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each persona's writings reveal about their stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Cyclical kalpic time; deterministic karmic causation within prakṛti, with puruṣa as the inactive witness.

Space

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Infinite substantival space within prakṛti.

Matter

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Substantival prakṛti unfolding through the three guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas).

Observer

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Plural disembodied puruṣas; passive witnesses; multiple time-instances through reincarnation. Cosmic-ordering through the guṇa-balance.

Energy

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Conserved within prakṛti's reversible cosmic respiration.

Information

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Personal puruṣa eternally conserved (the puruṣa never actually became entangled — only seemed to).

Internal Tensions

Where each persona's working synthesis strains against itself.

Īśvarakṛṣṇa

Samkhya's strict atheism (no Īśvara, no creator) sits awkwardly within orthodox Hinduism that nominally accepts it. The relation of Samkhya's plural puruṣas to Vedantic Brahman has been disputed since Sankara. Patanjali's Yoga absorbed most of Samkhya's metaphysics while adding a non-creator Īśvara as an aid to liberation, suggesting that classical Samkhya's rigorous atheism was too austere for most devotional users.