2021-09-09 06:11:41
Vaisheshika (Part-2)
The Vaisheshika school attempts to
identify,
inventory, and
classify the entities. It lists six categories of being
(padarthas), to which was later added a
seventh. These are:
Dravya, or
substance, the
substratum that exists independently of all other categories, and the material cause of all compound things produced from it.
Dravyas are nine in number:
earth, water, fire, air, ether, time, space, spirit, and mind. Guna, or
quality, which in turn is subdivided into
24 species.
Karma, or
action. Both
guna and
karma inhere within
dravya and cannot exist independently of it.
Samanya, or
genus, which denotes characteristic
similarities that allow
two or more
objects to be
classed together.
Vishesha, or specific difference, which singles out an individual of that class.
Samavaya, or
inherence, which indicates
things inseparably connected. To these six was later added
abhava,
nonexistence or
absence.
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