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B膩darayana's Brahmas奴tras. where as the Ny膩yas奴tras were later than it.
Because. Badarayana S奴tras make allusions to the Vaisesika doctrines and not
to the Ny膩ya. D.N.Sastri shows that the Chinese collection of Buddhist
Tripitaka included only two works of the orthodox systems of the philosophy.
One is S膩峁僰hya-k膩rik膩 of 莫svarak峁涐梗峁嘺 and the other is a Vaise峁�ika treatise
Da峁�apadartha-sastra by Chandramati. Their inclusion indicates that the
two schools represented by these works. viz. the Sa峁僰hya and the Vaisesika.
Thus, we can say that the S膩峁僰hya and the Vaisesika emerged in pre-
Buddhistic period. Again, some of the Vaisesika doctrines. more notably the
theory of the non-existence of an effect before its production (asatk膩rya-
v膩du), appear to be pre-Buddhistic.
ii) Founder of the Vaise峁�ika System
Ka峁嚸�da is the founder of Vais茅峁�ika system. The first and the only ancient
text extent is the Vais茅sika s没tra ascribed to the sage Kanada or Ka峁嘺bhak峁�a.
He is referred to by several names. He is known as Ka峁嚸�da because of his
atomic theory; the etymology is supposed to give us "atom-eater" for the
name. Some people said that he was a man of nocturnal habits, and as young
women were frightened by the sight of him. He afterwards went in secret
mills. picked up pieces of corn from rice-bran and ate them. There fore he is
known as "rice-grain-eater" (Ka峁嘺bhuj or bhak峁�a). Again he is known as
鈥渦l奴ka鈥� (owl). Because, the God Mah芒deva appeared to him in the form of an
39.
PCBD. pp. 83-84. under FN. 13.
40.
Ibid. p.84
41.
EIP. Vol.II. p.211.
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