Essay name: Nyaya-Vaisheshika (critical and historical study)
Author:
Aruna Rani
Affiliation: Panjab University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies Nyaya-Vaisheshika鈥擜 combination of two of the six orthodox schools of Indian philosophy. The study also discusses in detail the authors of various works and critically analyzes key concepts of Nyaya-Vaisesika. Such Indian philosophies seek the direct realization of the Atman (the self) to attain ultimate freedom and bliss.
Chapter 5 - Nature of the physical world
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ever continues to get a fresh impetus from the velocity
possessed by it. Of all the elements it is the swiftest.
Each of these four substances has got two forms--one
eternal in the form of parama峁噓s and the other non-eternal
as products (karyadravas). These products are non-
existent before their production and also after their
destruction. Prior to the production and after
destruction all these four substances have a permanent
form. Out of this permanent form every time a fresh
production is made. This is at the root of the theory of
Arambhaka expounded by Ny膩ya-Valeika.
The last bhautika substance is the ak膩sa." The
only point it has in common with the other bhautikas is
that it provides a sense-organ through which alone its own
property can be revealed. Like the other ubiquitous
forms of matter it is also all-pervasive and constitutes
a basic principle of creation.
Amongst the non-bhautikas we have manas which is
6 atomic and possesses motion and velocity like all the
1. Prasastapada Bhasya, Page 21.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid
4. This
5. Ibid
6. Ihid
Page 24.
Page 22.
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Veisesike
Kaneda, Vaise sika Sutra, 5.2.13.
