- (IAST:
Vaiśeṣika; /vaɪˈʃɛʃɪkə/; Sanskrit: वैशेषिक) is one of the six
schools of
Hindu philosophy from
ancient India. In its
early stages,
Vaiśeṣika was an...
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Vaiśeṣika Sūtra (Sanskrit: वैशेषिक सूत्र), also
called Kaṇāda Sūtra (कणाद सूत्र), is an
ancient Sanskrit text at the
foundation of the
Vaisheshika school...
- god") in
order to
explain the
mystery and
remoteness of God. In the Nyāya-
Vaiśeṣika school of
Hinduism as well as in the
other ancient Indian schools of philosophy...
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schools of
Hindu philosophy such as
realism of the Nyāya,
naturalism of
Vaiśeṣika,
monism and
knowledge of Self (Atman) as
essential to
liberation of Advaita...
- an
atomistic approach to
physics and
philosophy in the
Sanskrit text
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra. His text is also
known as Kaṇāda Sutras, or "Aphorisms of Kaṇāda"...
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particularly those from the
Vaiśeṣika school,
developed one of the
earliest systematic theories of atomism. The
Vaiśeṣika school proposed that the universe...
- also
discussed as
Vasana (Sanskrit: वासना vāsanā),
particularly in the
Vaiśeṣika school of Hinduism.
Vasana also
means "impression,
inclination of anything...
- Brahman. All
major orthodox schools of
Hinduism – Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya,
Vaisesika, Mimamsa, and
Vedanta –
accept the
foundational premise of the
Vedas and...
- nor the
universal Absolute of
Advaita Vedanta school of Hinduism. The
Vaiśeṣika school of Hinduism, as
founded by
Kanada in the 1st
millennium BC, neither...
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science of discussion. The Nyāya
Sutras are
related to but
extend the
Vaiśeṣika epistemological and
metaphysical system.
Later commentaries expanded,...
