Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s5.t2.23

v2.c44.s5.t2.23

Some Buddhist scholars like Dignāga and Vasubandhu had questioned the Vaiśeṣika postulates on atoms. But others like Sarvāstivādin Śubhagupta, who flourished in the second century AD, defended atomism and the idea of a central atom combining with other atoms surrounding it. Dignāga had denied the existence of atom because it could not be separately perceived. Śubhagupta argued: