TY - BOOK AU - Chakrabarty, Debasish AU - Chakrabarty, Debasish TI - Vaisesika-sutra of Kanada SN - 8124602298 U1 - 181.44 PY - 2003/// CY - New Delhi PB - D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. KW - General KW - Kanada. Vaisesikasutra KW - Vaisesika - Early works to 1800 KW - Vaisesika - Philosophy, Indic N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]) and index. In English and Sanskrit (also romanized); translated from Sanskrit N2 - Kanada's Vaisesika Sutra, the textual basis for the Nyaya-Vaisesika system and the later Navya-Nyaya system, may be termed the earliest exposition on physics in Indian philosophy. It presents one of the earliest discussions on the idea of atomicity and on the true nature of knowledge as comprising the categories of dravya (substance), guna (attribute), karma (action), samanya (generality), visesa (particularity) samavaya (inherence) and abhava (non-existence). This book presents the original Sanskrit text of the Vaisesika Sutra along with its Roman transliteration and a translation in the English language ER -