The Vaiseshika system forms one of the most important among six orthodox schools of early Indian Philosophy. The founder of this school was Kanada or Uluka and the philosophy was termed as Vaiseshika because in it has been discussed visesha as a category of knowledge. The Vaiseshika-sutra of Kanada, the first systematic work propounding this philosophy, is divided into ten adhyayas or books, each book consisting of two ahnikas or lessons. The present English ...
