[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.437 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.437 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.437 - **Language:** English ### [c5.437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.437) 2. Vaiseshika, founded by a sage named Kanāda, who lived about the same time as Gotama. It is supplementary to the Nyāya, and these two schools are classed together. It is called the Atomic School, because it teaches the existence of a transient world composed of aggregations of eternal atoms. - [Previous: c5.436](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.436) - [Next: c5.438](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.438) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.437) · Pramāṇa