Kanada (Kaṇāda) Maharshi

[summer27]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaṇāda_(philosopher)

Kaṇāda (Sanskrit: कणाद, romanized: Kaṇāda), also known as Ulūka, Kashyapa, Kaṇabhaksha, Kaṇabhuj^[1][2] was an ancient Indian natural scientist and philosopher who founded the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy that also represents the earliest Indian physics.^[3][4]

Estimated to have lived sometime between 6th century to 2nd century BCE, little is known about his life.^[5][6][7][4] His traditional name "Kaṇāda" means "atom eater",^[8] and he is known for developing the foundations of an atomistic approach to physics and philosophy in the Sanskrit text Vaiśeṣika Sūtra.^[9][10] His text is also known as Kaṇāda Sutras, or Aphorisms of Kaṇāda.^[11][12]

The school founded by Kaṇāda explains the creation and existence of the universe by proposing an atomistic theory, applying logic and realism, and is one of the earliest known systematic realist ontology in human history.^[13] Kaṇāda suggested that everything can be subdivided, but this subdivision cannot go on forever, and there must be smallest entities (paramanu) that cannot be divided, that are eternal, that aggregate in different ways to yield complex substances and bodies with unique identity, a process that involves heat, and this is the basis for all material existence.^[14][15] He used these ideas with the concept of Atman (soul, Self) to develop a non-theistic means to moksha.^[16][17] If viewed from the prism of physics, his ideas imply a clear role for the observer as independent of the system being studied. Kaṇāda's ideas were influential on other schools of Hinduism, and over its history became closely associated with the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy.^[13]

Kaṇāda's system speaks of six properties (padārthas) that are nameable and knowable. He claims that these are sufficient to describe everything in the universe, including observers. These six categories are dravya (substance), guna (quality), karmana (motion), samaya (time), visesa (particular), and samavaya (inherence). There are nine classes of substances (dravya), some of which are atomic, some non-atomic, and others that are all-pervasive.

The ideas of Kaṇāda span a wide range of fields, and they influenced not only philosophy, but possibly scholars in other fields such as Charaka who wrote a medical text that has survived as Charaka Samhita.^[18]

[dasari4kntr]

12 minutes ago, summer27 said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaṇāda_(philosopher)

Kaṇāda (Sanskrit: कणाद, romanized: Kaṇāda), also known as Ulūka, Kashyapa, Kaṇabhaksha, Kaṇabhuj^[1][2] was an ancient Indian natural scientist and philosopher who founded the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy that also represents the earliest Indian physics.^[3][4]

Estimated to have lived sometime between 6th century to 2nd century BCE, little is known about his life.^[5][6][7][4] His traditional name "Kaṇāda" means "atom eater",^[8] and he is known for developing the foundations of an atomistic approach to physics and philosophy in the Sanskrit text Vaiśeṣika Sūtra.^[9][10] His text is also known as Kaṇāda Sutras, or Aphorisms of Kaṇāda.^[11][12]

The school founded by Kaṇāda explains the creation and existence of the universe by proposing an atomistic theory, applying logic and realism, and is one of the earliest known systematic realist ontology in human history.^[13] Kaṇāda suggested that everything can be subdivided, but this subdivision cannot go on forever, and there must be smallest entities (paramanu) that cannot be divided, that are eternal, that aggregate in different ways to yield complex substances and bodies with unique identity, a process that involves heat, and this is the basis for all material existence.^[14][15] He used these ideas with the concept of Atman (soul, Self) to develop a non-theistic means to moksha.^[16][17] If viewed from the prism of physics, his ideas imply a clear role for the observer as independent of the system being studied. Kaṇāda's ideas were influential on other schools of Hinduism, and over its history became closely associated with the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy.^[13]

Kaṇāda's system speaks of six properties (padārthas) that are nameable and knowable. He claims that these are sufficient to describe everything in the universe, including observers. These six categories are dravya (substance), guna (quality), karmana (motion), samaya (time), visesa (particular), and samavaya (inherence). There are nine classes of substances (dravya), some of which are atomic, some non-atomic, and others that are all-pervasive.

The ideas of Kaṇāda span a wide range of fields, and they influenced not only philosophy, but possibly scholars in other fields such as Charaka who wrote a medical text that has survived as Charaka Samhita.^[18]

[dasari4kntr]

[summer27]

@dasari4kntr - Really hats-off to you. Do you have hard copies of these books or soft copies only..

It's just amazing to see someone from this generation trying to compile, read and understand hindu philosophy & literature ..

[dasari4kntr]

2 hours ago, summer27 said:

@dasari4kntr - Really hats-off to you. Do you have hard copies of these books or soft copies only..

It's just amazing to see someone from this generation trying to compile, read and understand hindu philosophy & literature ..

i have all these 4 books as hard copies....

but second book recently got pdf also.. link is here..  https://file.io/qfM9cmV1S7yy

download before it expires...