VAISHESHIKA


Meaning of VAISHESHIKA in English

/vuy'she shee"keuh, vuy shay"shi keuh/ , n. Indian Philos.

a school of thought asserting the existence of a universe formed by a god out of atoms of earth, air, fire, and water, as well as out of space, time, ether, mind, and soul, all conceived as substances coexisting eternally with the god.

[ vaisesika, deriv. of visesa difference, particular property ]

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