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Vaisheshika

Vaisheshika (IAST: Vaiśeṣika; /vaɪˈʃɛʂɪkə/; Sanskrit: वैशेषिक) is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy from ancient India. In its early stages, Vaiśeṣika was an independent philosophy with its own metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and soteriology. Over time, the Vaiśeṣika system became similar in its philosophical procedures, ethical…

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Samkhya
Kapila
Secular
Valluvar
Vaisheshika
Kaṇāda, Prashastapada
Yoga
Patanjali

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related to Categories or Padārtha · 24
Vaisheshika → Abhava, According, All, As, But, By, Dravya, Guṇa, Karma, Kaṇāda, Later Vaiśeṣikas, Praśastapāda, Samavāya, Since, Sāmānya, The, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtra, There, They, To
related to Commentaries · 17
Vaisheshika → Bhāradvājavṛtti, Candra's Daśapadārthaśāstra, Chinese, Līlāvatī, Miśra’s Upaskara, Nyāya, Nyāyakandalī, Praśastapāda’s, Praśastapāda’s Padārthadharmasaṁgraha, Rāvaṇabhāṣya, Saptapadārthī, The, Though, Udayana's Kiranāvali, Vaiśeṣika, Vaiśeṣika Sūtra, Vyomaśiva’s Vyomavatī
related to External links · 6
Vaisheshika → English, Nandalal Sinha, Nethralaya, Vaisheshika GRETIL, Vaisheshika-sutra, Vaiśeṣika Sūtras
Samkhya · 1
Vaisheshika → Kapila
Secular · 1
Vaisheshika → Valluvar
Vaisheshika · 1
Vaisheshika → Kaṇāda, Prashastapada
Yoga · 1
Vaisheshika → Patanjali

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vaiśeṣika school philosophy isbn atoms indian means knowledge inference hinduism one two epistemology kaṇāda perception substances substance paramāṇu also nyāya

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VaisheshikaSecularValluvar1.00infobox
VaisheshikaVaisheshikaKaṇāda, Prashastapada1.00infobox
VaisheshikaYogaPatanjali1.00infobox
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Vaisheshikarelated to Categories or PadārthaLater Vaiśeṣikas0.60section
Vaisheshikarelated to Categories or PadārthaUdayana0.60section
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Vaisheshikarelated to Categories or PadārthaDravya0.60section
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