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Apart from them Chakrapanidatta, Arunadatta, Indu were authors of commentaries which have methodology of importance.  
 
Apart from them Chakrapanidatta, Arunadatta, Indu were authors of commentaries which have methodology of importance.  
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== Constituents of Methodology ==
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== Methodology of Ancient Shastras ==
 
All these works, belonging to divergent disciplines, portray the depth of Indian thinkers, who looked at the scientific treatises from all possible angles, critically examined the various conceptual aspects of the scientific works along without neglecting the subtle aspects. As such these concepts can be understood by illustrations from poetics also. The lesser known fact is that these great Indian thinkers after a thorough research, in-depth comprehensive study of the shastras available to them, formulated a methodology for building scientific theories having 95 constituents, under five headings.<ref name=":0">W. K. Lele (2006) ''Methodology of Ancient Indian Sciences'' Varanasi : Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan</ref><ref name=":1" />
 
All these works, belonging to divergent disciplines, portray the depth of Indian thinkers, who looked at the scientific treatises from all possible angles, critically examined the various conceptual aspects of the scientific works along without neglecting the subtle aspects. As such these concepts can be understood by illustrations from poetics also. The lesser known fact is that these great Indian thinkers after a thorough research, in-depth comprehensive study of the shastras available to them, formulated a methodology for building scientific theories having 95 constituents, under five headings.<ref name=":0">W. K. Lele (2006) ''Methodology of Ancient Indian Sciences'' Varanasi : Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan</ref><ref name=":1" />
 
#तन्त्रयुक्तयः (tantrayuktayaḥ) ॥ Tantrayuktis (36)
 
#तन्त्रयुक्तयः (tantrayuktayaḥ) ॥ Tantrayuktis (36)

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