Vaisheshika (IAST: Vaiśeṣika; /vaɪˈʃɛʃɪkə/; Sanskrit: वैशेषिक) is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy from ancient India. In its early stages,...
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an ancient Indian natural scientist and philosopher who founded the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy that also represents the earliest Indian...
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Padārtha (redirect from Category (Vaisheshika))
Padārtha is a Sanskrit word for "categories" in Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools of Indian philosophy. The term padārtha is a portmanteau of pada, "word"...
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Vaiśeṣika Sūtra (redirect from Vaisheshika Sutra)
called Kanada sutra, is an ancient Sanskrit text at the foundation of the Vaisheshika school of Hindu philosophy. The sutra was authored by the Hindu sage...
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Adṛṣṭa (section Vaisheshika concept)
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...
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Categories (Aristotle) Category (Kant) Categories (Peirce) Category (Vaisheshika) Stoic categories Category mistake Cognitive categorization, categories...
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Indian logic (section Vaisheshika)
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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Second Sophistic Neoplatonism Church Fathers Indian Hindu Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Mīmāṃsā Ājīvika Ajñana Cārvāka Jain Anekantavada Syādvāda Buddhist...
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Kanada may refer to: Kaṇāda, the Hindu sage who founded the philosophy of Vaisheshika Kanada (family of ragas), a group of ragas in Hindustani music Kanada...
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Guṇa (section Vaisheshika school of Hinduism)
quality that cannot be described as combination of other qualities. In Vaisheshika school of Hinduism, which is most related to Nyaya school, states that...
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which recognise the authority of the Vedas, are: Sānkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, Vaisheshika, Mimāmsā, and Vedānta. Hindu texts have been classified into Śruti ("heard")...
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Pramana (section Vaisheshika school)
Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mīmāṃsā Vedanta...
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subcontinent. They include both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva-Mimamsa (or Mimamsa), and Vedanta (Advaita, Dwaita...
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Anekantavada (section Vaisheshika)
ancient and medieval India. The diverse Hindu schools such as Nyaya-Vaisheshika, Samkhya-Yoga and Mimamsa-Vedanta, all accepted the premise of Atman...
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in medieval era Indian texts; the other schools are Samkhya, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. According to Bryant, Sāṁkhya and Yoga should not...
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Samkhya (section Vaisheshika and Nyaya)
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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Properties of Matter) and a commentary, titled Praśastapāda Bhāṣya, on the Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada (circa 2nd century BCE); both texts are comprehensive...
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Second Sophistic Neoplatonism Church Fathers Indian Hindu Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Mīmāṃsā Ājīvika Ajñana Cārvāka Jain Anekantavada Syādvāda Buddhist...
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Theory of categories (section Vaisheshika)
dualism of René Descartes. Padārtha is a Sanskrit word for "categories" in Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools of Indian philosophy. The Stoics held that all beings...
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Ratha Yatra Philosophical schools Six Astika schools Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mīmāṃsā Vedanta Advaita Dvaita Vishishtadvaita Achintya Bheda Abheda...
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