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Vaisheshika (IAST: Vaiśeṣika; /vaɪˈʃɛʃɪkə/; Sanskrit: वैशेषिक) is one of the six
schools of
Hindu philosophy from
ancient India. In its
early stages,...
- an
ancient Indian natural scientist and
philosopher who
founded the
Vaisheshika school of
Indian philosophy that also
represents the
earliest Indian...
- Sūtra (कणाद सूत्र), is an
ancient Sanskrit text at the
foundation of the
Vaisheshika school of
Hindu philosophy. The
sutra was aut****d by the
Hindu sage...
- Padārtha is a
Sanskrit word for "categories" in
Vaisheshika and
Nyaya schools of
Indian philosophy. The term padārtha is a
portmanteau of pada, "word"...
- The
Fifth Chapter of the
Vaisheshika Sutras of
Kanada deals with the
notion of
action and the
connected concept of effort; and also
deals with the various...
- BCE); the
Sanskrit grammar rules of Pāṇini (c. 5th
century BCE); the
Vaisheshika school's
analysis of
atomism (c. 6th
century BCE to 2nd
century BCE);...
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Properties of Matter) and a commentary,
titled Praśastapāda Bhāṣya, on the
Vaisheshika Sutras of
Kanada (circa 2nd
century BCE); both
texts are comprehensive...
- the
oldest of the
Indian technical philosophical schools (e.g. Nyaya,
Vaisheshika and
Buddhist ontology), one that
evolved over time and
influenced the...
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quality that
cannot be
described as
combination of
other qualities. In
Vaisheshika school of Hinduism,
which is most
related to
Nyaya school,
states that...
- that
recognise the
authority of the
Vedas are: Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya,
Vaisheshika, Mīmāṃsā, and Vedanta.
While the
traditional Itihasa-Purana and its derived...
