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 6 - Theory of Causation
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The admission of the non-inherent cause is a special
feature of the Nyaya-Vai艣esika system, which explains every
case of production of a substance as a case of fresh
combination of parts forming a new whole. It is not
enough that the yarns should merely exist, they are also
required to be conjoined in a definite order, because they
have little significance when taken by themselves, apart
from their participation in the whole. They can
participate in the whole only through being joined
together, i.., through the mediation of what is called
the non-inherent cause. Thus, the non-inherent cause
appears to be an extremely necessary factor with a
peculiar position and function in the process of cansation.
It is intimately bound up with the inherent cause, but at
the same time it sustains the product and determines its
distinctive form and character.
Non-inherent cause is not recognized in other systems
of Indian philosophy as distinct from the inherent cause.
Both the inherent and the non-inherent causes of Nyaya.
Vai艣esika are classed under one head, namely, the up膩d膩na
k膩ra峁噀 (the material or the constituent cause) by the
Samkhya and the Vedanta School.
(111) The nimitte or the offident cause is different
from the two kinds of causes mentioned above. It is the
