The Importance of Prakriti and Purusha

The Gita was written sometime before the 6th century when it was translated into Chinese. The future Samkhya philosophical movement is going to be intertwined with yoga, says Ravi Agrawal. Violence is an abiding theme of the Mahabharata which depicts Arjuna's hesitation on the eve of a battle. Some ancient Indian texts were adamantly opposed to such sacrifice, he adds.