वैशेषिक — {vaiśeṣika} mf({ī})n. (fr. {vi-śeṣa}, p. 990) special, peculiar, specific, characteristic Āpast. Suśr. Bhāshāp. Hcat##distinguished, excellent, pre-eminent MBh##relating or belonging to or based on or dealing with the Vaiśeshika doctrine Bhāshāp. Madhus##m. a follower of the Vaiśeshika doctrine Kap. Kusum. Buddh##n. peculiarity, distinction Kaṇ##N. of the later of the two great divisions of the Nyāya school of philosophy (it was founded by Kaṇâda, and differs from the, 'Nyāya proper' founded by Gautama, in propounding only seven categories or topics instead of sixteen##and more especially in its doctrine of {viśeṣa}, or eternally distinct nature of the nine substances, air, fire, water, earth, mind, ether, time, space, and soul, of which the first five, including mind, are held to be atomic) IW. 65 &c.
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