Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t12.40

v1.c7.s7.t12.40

Although Vaiśeṣika, traditionally recognised as a Brahman school, adopts the social class system of Brahmanism and believes too in reincarnation and deliverance, it is less adherent than the other “orthodox” schools of philosophy in ancient India. With its theoretical focus on natural philosophy, it deviates materially from the other mainstream Brahman schools dominant then.