Basic Vaisesika Categories
(based on the Tarkasangraha of
Annambhatta)
Seven categories:
- 1. Nine substances:
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earth, water, fire, wind (atomic)
ether (omnipresent)
time, space, soul (omnipresent)
mind (atomic)
- 2. Twenty-four qualities:
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color, taste, smell, touch;
number, size, separateness,
conjunction, disjunction,
nearness, remoteness,
weight, fluidity, viscosity;
sound;
cognition, pleasure, pain, desire, dislike, volition,
merit, demerit;
tendency
- 3. Five motions:
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rising, falling, expanding, contracting, locomotion
- 4. Generic character ("universal")
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- 5. Peculiar character ("particular")
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- 6. Inherence
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- 7. Absence
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Class notes for Religion W4620
(Nonduality in Indian and Tibetan Thought),
Fall 2002.
Last updated: Fri Aug 30 20:45:48 EDT 2002
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