On the Cosmologies of Vedic, Sankhya And Vedantic Philosophies

Abstract

This paper primarily discusses the cosmologies of Vedic, Sankhya and Vedantic philosophies and the resultant impact the cosmologies have on the corresponding metaphysical views of the respective philosophical traditions. The paper begins with the mythological account of cosmogony in Vedic tradition followed by the dualist account of the cosmos in Sankhys and then finally the shift from cosmology to autology in Vedantic tradition i.e. its focus on the self as the centre piece of investigation.