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,Veda and Vaiśeṣika,philosophical tradition. Accordingly almost all the schools of Indian philosophy hold Veda as supreme authority in case of doubt and disputation. Therefore, the influence of Veda on Vaiśeṣika philosophy in general and in theorization of its concepts in particular is being discussed in the present chapter.

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,Concept of Categories in Vaiśeṣika,e entities of universe and projects six positive categories (.); the seventh one, a negative category (.), was added later on. A meticulously detailed delineation of all the seven categories is available in Vaiśeṣika source texts, which is the main focus of this chapter.

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,Consciousness and Cognition in Vaiśeṣika,śeṣika view, the self is held to be the substratum of consciousness and not conscious by nature; it is said to become conscious when involved in the process of cognition. Since both these concepts are interrelated, hence it is appropriate to examine them both in relation to each other.

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, in Vaiśeṣika,n attribute (.) will also be referred to herein. In the original Vaiśeṣika of Kaṇāda, . was neither enumerated as a separate attribute nor assigned the status of an independent . Praśastapāda added it to the list of attributes, and one of his commentators, Vyomaśiva, established for the first time that . is an independent means of knowing.

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,Are the Vaiśeṣikas Pāśupatas?,upata sect of Hindu religion. The exposition will mainly be based on several references available in the internal sources of Vaiśeṣika and also gathered from other texts of Indian philosophical tradition.

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,Ethics in Vaiśeṣika,spect but at the same time presents a fairly developed description of ethical issues as will be clear from the following pages. The idea of individual, social as well as universal obligations of human beings has been discussed in Vaiśeṣika philosophy.

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,Vaiśeṣika Studies Across the World,in focus here will be on the later aspect (since the former has already been discussed in another chapter); but the same is also selective and not comprehensive. Accordingly the contribution of a few international scholars* to Vaiśeṣika school of Indian philosophy is being presented in this chapter.

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