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,Veda and Vai?e?ika,philosophical tradition. Accordingly almost all the schools of Indian philosophy hold Veda as supreme authority in case of doubt and disputation. Therefore, the influence of Veda on Vai?e?ika philosophy in general and in theorization of its concepts in particular is being discussed in the present chapter.

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,Concept of Categories in Vai?e?ika,e entities of universe and projects six positive categories (.); the seventh one, a negative category (.), was added later on. A meticulously detailed delineation of all the seven categories is available in Vai?e?ika source texts, which is the main focus of this chapter.

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,Consciousness and Cognition in Vai?e?ika,?e?ika view, the self is held to be the substratum of consciousness and not conscious by nature; it is said to become conscious when involved in the process of cognition. Since both these concepts are interrelated, hence it is appropriate to examine them both in relation to each other.

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, in Vai?e?ika,n attribute (.) will also be referred to herein. In the original Vai?e?ika of Ka?āda, . was neither enumerated as a separate attribute nor assigned the status of an independent . Pra?astapāda added it to the list of attributes, and one of his commentators, Vyoma?iva, established for the first time that . is an independent means of knowing.

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,Are the Vai?e?ikas Pā?upatas?,upata sect of Hindu religion. The exposition will mainly be based on several references available in the internal sources of Vai?e?ika and also gathered from other texts of Indian philosophical tradition.

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,Ethics in Vai?e?ika,spect but at the same time presents a fairly developed description of ethical issues as will be clear from the following pages. The idea of individual, social as well as universal obligations of human beings has been discussed in Vai?e?ika philosophy.

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,Vai?e?ika Studies Across the World,in focus here will be on the later aspect (since the former has already been discussed in another chapter); but the same is also selective and not comprehensive. Accordingly the contribution of a few international scholars* to Vai?e?ika school of Indian philosophy is being presented in this chapter.

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