Vaisheshika Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... fused with Nyaya in the 11th century, forming the Nyaya-Vaisheshika school. Vaisheshika attempts to identify, inventory, and classify the entities ... combination of the atoms of earth, water, fire, and air. Vaisheshika Vaisheshika Vaisheshika Read more

Indian philosophy Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... philosophical systems developed on the Indian subcontinent, including both orthodox (astika ) systems, namely, the Nyaya , Vaisheshika , Samkhya , Yoga , Mimamsa , and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika ) systems, such as Buddhism and Jainism ... Read more

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