Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t12.8

v1.c7.s7.t12.8

Around 6^th^ century CE, there emerged a significant commentary on the *Vaiśeṣika-sūtra*, the *Padartha-dharma-samgraha* (commentary on Kanada's Vaisesika sutra) by Prasastapada, which is the only extant Vaisheshika literature in India that offers a systematic exposition of the Vaisheshika school. Appearing much later than the sutra, it offers a clearer and richer picture of the theories of the Vaisheshika school and also proposes a more complete theoretical framework, having been widely recognised as the most representative extant Vaisheshika literature except the *Vaiśeṣika-sūtra*.