This Book examines Indian views of causality such as the doctrine of pre-existence of effect known as (Satk ryav da) and its theory of evolution or modification known as (Pari mav da) with particular focus on the S khya Philosophy. Here I have more focused on the conceptual study of Satk ryav da as a doctrine of causality and the basic question raised in the context of doctrine of causality is - Does the effect pre-exist in its material cause? There are two possibilities with regard to the status of the pre-existence of effect in its cause. If the effect pre-exists in its material cause, the...