Vaiśeṣika school

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Upanishads
school of Indian philosophy
gptkbp:allows gptkb:Vedas
gptkb:Ishvara_(God)
gptkbp:category dravya (substance)
karma (motion)
guṇa (quality)
samavāya (inherence)
sāmānya (generality)
viśeṣa (particularity)
gptkbp:debatedBy Buddhist philosophers
Jain philosophers
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Upanishads
gptkb:yoga
gptkb:Nyāya_school
gptkb:Mīmāṃsā_school
Sāṃkhya school
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:logic
gptkb:naturalist
metaphysics
atomism
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Kaṇāda
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vaiśeṣika school
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Upanishads
gptkbp:influencedBy Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:mainLine Vaiśeṣika Sūtra
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Udayana
gptkb:Vatsyayana
gptkb:Prashastapada
Śrīdhara
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Ancient_India
gptkbp:period 1st millennium BCE
gptkbp:recognizedBy six categories (padarthas)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nyāya_school
gptkbp:schoolType astika (orthodox)
gptkbp:supportsLanguage gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:teaches realism
karma theory
pluralism
cause and effect
liberation (moksha) through knowledge
atomic theory of matter
eternal atoms (anu) as building blocks of reality
individual souls (atman)
liberation as cessation of suffering
perception and inference as valid means of knowledge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Momentariness_(kṣaṇikavāda)
gptkb:Navya-Nyāya_school
gptkb:Mīmāṃsā_school
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7