/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 ]