[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1660 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1660 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1660 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1660](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1660) The word ‘Padārtha’ has got a very wide meaning. The word ‘matter’ in English cannot indicate the full significance of the word Padārtha. Kaṇāda in his Vaiśeṣika sūtras has given the name ‘Artha’ combining in it the three svabhāvas, Dravya, Guṇa and Karman. Of the above seven padārthas Praśastapāda, the famous logician, has included only the first six in his book ‘Padārthadharma Saṃgraha’. The Vaiśeṣikas of a later period included ‘abhāva’ also and raised the number of arthas to seven. Gautama, the Nyāyasūtakāra and Vātsyāyana, the Nyāyabhāṣyakāra, and all their followers accepted the number of arthas as seven. - [Previous: c8.1659](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1659) - [Next: c8.1661](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1661) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Padārthadharmasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vaisesika.padarthadharmasangraha) — Praśastapāda, Sanskrit - [Vaiśeṣikasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vaisesika.vaisesikasutra) — Kaṇāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1660](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1660) · Pramāṇa