Vaisheshika

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Hindu philosophical school astika school of Indian philosophy atomistic philosophy

Vaisheshika is an ancient Hindu philosophical school that develops a detailed atomistic and realist metaphysics to explain the nature of reality.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Vaiśeṣika 3
Nyaya-Vaisheshika 1
Vaisheshika Sutra 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu philosophical school ⓘ
astika school of Indian philosophy ⓘ
atomistic philosophy ⓘ
acceptsNumberOfPramanas two ⓘ
alternativeName Vaisesika ⓘ
Vaisheshika ⓘ
surface form: Vaiśeṣika
centralConcept abhava ⓘ
dravya ⓘ
guna ⓘ
karma ⓘ
samanya ⓘ
samavaya ⓘ
vishesha ⓘ
coreText Vaisheshika self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vaisheshika Sutra
cosmology atomic theory of matter ⓘ
culturalContext ancient India ⓘ
doctrine atomism ⓘ
pluralism ⓘ
realism ⓘ
epistemology accepts inference as pramana ⓘ
accepts perception as pramana ⓘ
founder Kanada ⓘ
goal liberation from suffering ⓘ
historicalRelation closely related to Nyaya school ⓘ
holds all physical objects are composed of indivisible atoms ⓘ
atoms are eternal ⓘ
composite objects are non-eternal ⓘ
influenceOn later Hindu scholastic philosophy ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryTexts Sanskrit ⓘ
laterDevelopment often combined with Nyaya into Nyaya-Vaisheshika ⓘ
metaphysicalFocus categories of reality ⓘ
numberOfPadarthas seven ⓘ
ontologyType category ontology ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Indian philosophy ⓘ
recognizesSubstance air ⓘ
earth ⓘ
ether ⓘ
fire ⓘ
mind ⓘ
self ⓘ
space ⓘ
time ⓘ
water ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
teaches classification of all that exists into padarthas ⓘ
liberation is achieved through true knowledge of categories ⓘ
viewOnGod often interpreted as theistic ⓘ
viewOnParticulars particulars are ultimately individuated by vishesha ⓘ
viewOnUniversals universals are real and distinct from particulars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vaisheshika → alternativeName → Vaisheshika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaiśeṣika
Vaisheshika → coreText → Vaisheshika self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaisheshika Sutra
Hinduism → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Vaisheshika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaiśeṣika
Indian philosophy → includesSchool → Vaisheshika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaiśeṣika
Samkhya → relatedSchool → Vaisheshika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nyaya-Vaisheshika