I. Introduction

J. General remarks

This study deals with a philosophical inquiry into the nature of person and

he problem of personal identity' braved on a particular text known as

(bhidharmakniabhaga of Vasubandhu. The study follows the track of

development of the issue in Indian subed

iment in chronological order

starting from the Vedic period up to the period in which the next belongs.

Endiam philosophy has made its own genre in the modern scholarly field of

philosophy. Like Greek and Chinese philosophy, it is deeply involved with the

history and culture it belongs - distinctive as well as universal. In the process

of development, it underwear various kinds of interaction internally as well as

externally. Therefore, one should not overlook the historical aspect that

effects this interaction when a study is made on a certain subject of ancient

shilasaptry. Additionally, when the study is much dependent on a specific text.

philologica

shout an individual being

or about the very nature of him. It was about a person as an Ultimate Reality,

which is based on cosmological o

that had taken place price to

he insights on the individual being, In the Upanisadic period, there was an

endeavor related to the progress in psycho-physiological way of seeking the

self. In those days, especially in early Upamigads, the main themes of

philosophical inquiry were Brahman, Atman and Puruss, which are inherited

from the Vedic period. The significant aspect of Upanisadic approach to the,