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Who among the following wrote the basic text of Vaisheshika philosophy?

Who among the following wrote the basic text of Vaisheshika philosophy? Correct Answer Kanada

The correct answer is Kanada.

Key Points

  • Vaisheshika is one of the six systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy, significant for its naturalism, a feature that is not characteristic of most Indian thought.
    • The Sanskrit philosopher Kanada Kashyapa (2nd–3rd century CE) expounded its theories and is credited with founding the school. 
    • Important later commentaries were written by Prashastapada, Udayanacharya, and Shridhara.
    • After a period of independence, the Vaisheshika school fused entirely with the Nyaya school, a process that was completed in the 11th century.
    • Thereafter the combined school was referred to as Nyaya-Vaisheshika.
    • The Vaisheshika school attempts to identify, inventory, and classify the entities and their relations that present themselves to human perceptions.
    • The Vaisheshika system holds that the smallest, indivisible, indestructible part of the world is an atom (Anu).
    • All physical things are a combination of the atoms of earth, water, fire, and air.
    • Inactive and motionless in themselves, the atoms are put into motion by God’s will, through the unseen forces of moral merit and demerit.

Additional Information

  • Jaimini was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the Mīmāṃsā school of Hindu philosophy.
    • He rendered Mimamsa Sutras and Jaimini Sutras.
  • Patanjali is also called Gonardiya, or Gonikaputra.
    • He flourished 2nd century BCE or 5th century CE.
    • He is the author or one of the authors of two great Hindu classics: the first, Yoga-sutras, a categorization of Yogic thought arranged in four volumes and the second, the Mahabhashya
  • Adi Shankaracharya was an Indian philosopher and theologian whose works had a strong impact on the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.

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