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Vaisesika-sutra of Kanada

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. 2003Description: xiv, 114 pISBN:
  • 8124602298
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 181.44 C4V2
Summary: Kanada's Vaisesika Sutra, the textual basis for the Nyaya-Vaisesika system and the later Navya-Nyaya system, may be termed the earliest exposition on physics in Indian philosophy. It presents one of the earliest discussions on the idea of atomicity and on the true nature of knowledge as comprising the categories of dravya (substance), guna (attribute), karma (action), samanya (generality), visesa (particularity) samavaya (inherence) and abhava (non-existence). This book presents the original Sanskrit text of the Vaisesika Sutra along with its Roman transliteration and a translation in the English language
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]) and index. In English and Sanskrit (also romanized); translated from Sanskrit.

Kanada's Vaisesika Sutra, the textual basis for the Nyaya-Vaisesika system and the later Navya-Nyaya system, may be termed the earliest exposition on physics in Indian philosophy. It presents one of the earliest discussions on the idea of atomicity and on the true nature of knowledge as comprising the categories of dravya (substance), guna (attribute), karma (action), samanya (generality), visesa (particularity) samavaya (inherence) and abhava (non-existence). This book presents the original Sanskrit text of the Vaisesika Sutra along with its Roman transliteration and a translation in the English language

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