VAISHESHIKA


Meaning of VAISHESHIKA in English

noun

also vai·se·si·ka vīˈshāshə̇kə, -ˈsāsə̇-

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Sanskrit vaiśeṣika distinction, distinct nature of the eternal substances, from viśeṣa distinction, from viśiṣyate it is distinguished, from vi apart, asunder + śiṣyate it is left — more at with

: an orthodox philosophical system in Hinduism distinguished by its atomic theory of cosmology

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