Acharya kanad wikipedia

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Vaisheshika

Ancient Indian philosophy

Vaisheshika (IAST: Vaiśeṣika; ; Sanskrit: वैशेषिक) is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy from ancient India. In its early stages, Vaiśeṣika was an independent philosophy with its own metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and soteriology.^[1] Over time, the Vaiśeṣika system became similar in its philosophical procedures, ethical conclusions and soteriology to the Nyāya school of Hinduism, but retained its difference in epistemology and metaphysics.

The epistemology of the Vaiśeṣika school of Hinduism, like Buddhism, accepted only two reliable means to knowledge: direct observation and inference.^[2]^[3] The Vaiśeṣika school and Buddhism both consider their respective scriptures as indisputable and valid means to knowledge, the difference being that the scriptures held to be a valid and reliable source by Vaiśeṣikas were the Vedas.

The Vaiśeṣika school is known for its insights in naturalism,^[4

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List of Indian philosophers

Name Life School Notes Dirghatamas14th century BCE Avatsara14th century BCE Asita14th century BCE Seer sage in RigavedaBrishaspati14th century BCE Lopamudra12th century BCE wife of sage AgastyaAgastya12th century BCE husband of Lopamudra and one of the saptarishisAtri12th century BCE one of the saptarishisBharadwaja12th century BCE one of the saptarishisVasishtha12th century BCE one of the saptarishisShakalya12th century BCE His Padapatha of the Rig Veda was one of the early attempts in the direction of analysis SankhyayanaComposer of Sankhyayana BrahmanaValmiki11th century BCE Valmiki was the writer of Ramyana and is revered as the first poet or Adi Kavi in Sanskrit literature. Vyasa9th century BCE Vyasa was the writer of Mahabharat. Mahidasa Aitareya9th century BCE Gargi Vachaknavi8th century BCE Debates with YajnavalkyaMaitreyi

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