Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1676

c8.1676

*1. Vaiśeṣika. One of the six principal darśanas or systems of Philosophy founded by Kaṇāda.
2. Padārtha. Anything which can be named; a category.
3. Dravya. An elementary substance, the substratum of properties.
4. Guṇa A characteristic or property of all substances.
5. Karman. Motion, action.
6. Sāmānya. General characteristic.
7. Viśeṣa. A peculiar attribute, the eternal distinguishing factor of each of the nine dravyas.
8. Samavāya. Intimate union, inseparable inherence or existence of one thing in another.
9. Abhāva. Nullity or negation. Sāṅkhyas followers of the Sāṅkhya philosophy. Advaitins followers of the Advaita philosophy. Mīmāṃsakas followers of the Mīmāṃsā system of philosophy. Paramātmā The supreme being. Jīvātmā The individual soul enshrined in the body. Kārya Evolute.