I. Introduction. II. Translation. III. Appendix. (i) On the date at which the Bhagavad G[=i]t[=a] was probably written, and on the theory that it was written under an influence derived from a knowledge of Christian doctrines. (ii) The traditional line of descent of the Lunar Dynasty. (iii) Collation of two MSS. with the Bonn edition of the Bhagavad G[=i]t[=a], and the readings of other editions and MSS. In preparing this translation of the Bhagavad G[=i]t[=a], the author had before him the Greek translation of Galanos, and the Italian version of Stanislao Gatti, both supplied by Dr. Reinhold Rost. The author also consulted the French version of Burnouf, the Latin version of Lassen, and the English versions of Mr. Thomson and K. T. Telang. The notes of Lassen have given valuable aid, as well as a paper on the Bhagavad G[=i]t[=a], read before the "Akademie der Weissenschaften" of Berlin in 1826 by W. van Humboldt, which contained a scholarly review of the doctrines contained in the poem. The author has also consulted a MS. copy of the Commentary on the Bhagavad G[=i]t[=a], written by ['S]r[=i]dhara, and, by the kindness of Dr. Rost, another commentary, attributed to ['S]ankara, but written by ['S]ankara Ananda Saraswati (quot. at Ananda), and called T[=a]tparya Bodhin[=i]. * * * * * Second Edition. Post 8vo, cloth, pp. viii.-152, price 6s. HINDU PHILOSOPHY. THE S[=A]NKHYA K[=A]RIK[=A] OF [=I]['S]WARA KRISHNA. An Exposition of the System of Kapila, with an Appendix on the Ny[=a]ya and Vai['s]eshika Systems. BY JOHN DAVIES, M.A. (Cantab.) Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, of the Cambridge Philological Society, &c., and (sometime) Rector of Walsoken, Norfolk. EXTRACT FROM PREFACE. I wish to present to my readers the philosophy of Kapila as it has been set forth by his Indian exponent, [=I]['s]wara Krishna. The system of Kapila, called the S[=a]nkhya or Rationalistic, in its original form, and in its theistic development by Patarijali, contains nearly all that India has produced in the department of pure philosophy. Other systems, though classed as philosophic, are mainly devoted to logic and physical science, or to an exposition of the Vedas.