tCh. 9-N;aaya Vaiseshika}: - Viseshay. : —at
Thus ‘Heat’: (Tejas) Kaala (time) and: Bik
_ (space) are therefore rightly included in. Dravyas.
(substances) because . they Possess certain- ‘anas
(qualities). a :
3. KARMA,
3. Karma - (Action) is the ‘third category. It
is divided itito five kinds — (1) Utkshepanain- upward
movement, (3) Aakunchanam-contraction (4) Pragaa>
ranam - dilatation 6) Gamanagamanam -- motion in
general.” . ns)
-4.SAMAANYA, | .
Samaanya-The fourth category Samaanya
(Community), is:‘the source of our notion of gems,
It usually devotes qualities comtion' to matiy
objects. This is also called Jaati. Samaanya is-of
two kinds, (1) the higher or genus (Para) a and @®
lower or species (Apara).
5, VISESHA. o
Visesha - (Particularity) denotes single or
simple ‘objects devoid af community, These are
Soul, Time, Place and Adkaasa, and also Atoms in
their“ultimate form. This Visesha is the cistin-
guishing feature of the Vaiseshika Philosophy.’ Its
theory and doctrine is that all substances are
composed . of countless minute invisible atoms,
from’the. combinations of which all forms of
substances, physical and mental, arise and from
the operation. of which all phenomena take place
‘These combinations of the ultimate atoms are
paerely. temporary -and are subject fo change.25: Aayureda Sikshaa-Philosophical Background [VA See 9
destruction and alteration, so far as the . combi-
uations are concerned, but the individual atoms,
of course, cau neither be destroyed nor changed
nor altered in their nature.
‘These atoms of Kanaada are similar to the
corpuscles, Ions or Electrons of the modern
western scieuce. ‘
6 SAMAVAAYA-
6. Samavaaya - The sixth category or,
Padaardha of Vaiseshika is Samavaaya- (Co-
joherence or inseparable commection }. It denotes
the connection of things that in their nature
must be connected as long as they exist, as the
yarn and the cloth, of which it is made. This
inseparable union of Kanaada is rather of an
abstract nature. Examples of Samavaaya are’
the parts and the whole, the quality and the
object which possesses the quality, action and
the agent, atoms and substance, subject and
object ete - ( Vaiseshika Sut. Ch. 1-11). In all
these instances there is an inseparable connection
between the members of each pair,
7 ABHAAVA, .
Abhaava- A seventh Padaardha called
Abhaava (Negation or non-existence) was added
by later Vaiseshikas. The six categories men-
tioned above are ‘Bhaavas' (existing ideas) and
{he eeventh is the negation of all these six, If
. you have no ‘Abbaava’, you cannot get the knows:ledge of that which is not a thing. Example:—
the knowledge that there is no pot. . .
Abhaava is divided into two kinds:— °
Samsargaabhaava and Anyonyaabhaava.
I. Samsargaabhaava is again ‘of three kinds!—
(1) Praagabhaava-(Negation which has no
beginning but has an end). A
(2) Pradhvamsaabhaava - (Negation with @
beginning but no end) and
(3) Atyantaabhaava-absolute negation.
(1) Praagabhaava is the negation of a thing
antecedent to origination (i.e.,) before it existed.
The negation of a pot before the pot ismade, The
negation ceases to exist as soon as the pot is made.
It is therefore said to be without a beginning and
with an end.
[2] Pradhvamsaabhav - The negation of a thing
after the thing is destroyed. The absence of a pot
when the pot is broken. The negation is represented
by the pieces of the broken pot. Pradhvamsaabhaava
is negation subsequent to origination of a thing.
It has a beginning but with no end. It begins as
soon as the pot is broken aud there is no end of
‘this Abhaava.
(3) Atyantaabhaava - (Absolute negation)
means negation always. Example:- The con of a barren
woman, the horns of the hare. These things never
existed and never shall exist. This is without
beginning aud without end.
The above three Abhaayas are included inD4 Aayurveda Sikshaa~Philosophical Background V.1 Sec. 2
Samsargaabhaava. .
Il, Anyonyaabhaaya-(Negation of identity)
isonly of one kind. In two things that exist one
of these things does not exist in the other’ In pot
(Ghata), there is no existence of cloth (Pata) and
vice versa.
Scope of Vaiseshika Darsana.
The scope of the Vaiseshika Dursena isthe ‘acquisition
of correct knowledge of the reality of pain and its’ removal;
“Charama Dukha Dhwamsa Lakshano Mokshah Jaayali’’ (Tarka
Sangrala Deepika in Telugu P. 137)
Pain may be due to internal causes or external causes.
Some kinds of pain may be removed by the Vaidya temporarily
or even ,permanently but the pain caused by fear of death can be
removed only by correct knowledge of the Supreme Being.
Whoever wishes to escape from the reality of pain and
whoever wishes to know the means of such escap2—should learn
that the knowledge of the Supreme Being is the true means
of such escape, We have the authority of the Vedas for this
statement, Swetaaswatara Upanishad VI-20 says:-
“When men shall roll up the sky as a piece of leather
“Then shall there be an end of pain, without the
knowledge of Siva” (Deva),
“Yada Charmavat Aakaasam Veshtayishyanti Maanavaah
Tadaa Sivam (Devan) Avijnaaya diukkhasyaante bhavishayati” .
That means that without the knowledge of God,
destruction of pain is not possible. Knowledge of God is obtained
by Sravana, Manana, and Bhaavana~heering, thought aud reflection
of God. True Vaiseshika Siddhaanta is that Dukkha (pain) will
be removed by correct knowl-dge of the six Padaardhaas
(Categories). .
. Thought (Manzna) depends upon inference (Anunaana),
inferences depends upon Vyaapti (Universal proposition) and
th: knowledge of Vyaapti depends upon the right understanding(Ch, 2-Nydaya !Vaiseshikey ' " Seope' of Vaiseshika 5
of’ the' six Padaetdhus (Categoties)." Hebce the saint Kanonda
éstnblishes the’ -six -catégories in’ his tenfold treatise called
Vaiseshika' Sutras,‘ Kanaada: is also called by another
synonym = *Kanabhaksha’ mwhich means ‘one who feeds on
Keriaas or atoms.
‘ According to the Vaiseshika,' all objective knowledge
consists'in the perception of things in their three categories: it'e.
Dravya, Gana ‘or Karmii} Of the three other categories Saamaanya
tbides in Dravya, Guna and Karma, Saamaanya js of two kinds
I. the Higher of Genus and 2 the Lower or Species.’ Visesha
abides in - the’ nine efernal’ substances, (Dravyes). The sixth
tategory is coherenbe by which the parts of certain inseparable
things are’ held “together ‘in their respective « places, as quality
and: the ‘objeét qualified "(Guna-Gs anti),
on Saamaarya or cofnmunity ds been defined as the source
of? our notion ‘of genus, Caati), ‘Saameanya usually denotes
quillities common to’ many objetts and, in its' highest degree’ it
expresses ‘only’ _esistened (Satta), a property commén to all Bhavaas.
fo* ‘Category i is h term eniployed in the science of Logie
and is ‘defined a as one of the highest ‘ classes to which the objects
‘of ‘knowledge or thoughit ‘¢ ‘can bé" reduced and by which they can
‘be arranged in a ‘system; an ultimate ‘conception. The term
“implies something absolute i in nature, and not hypothetical or
relative” or ‘adinitting of ‘exception; something final. Aristotle
‘made’ fen categories viz. 1 Substance (Draws) 2. Quantity
(Parimaana), 3. Quality (Guna), 4, Relation (a kind of Samavaaya).
5. “Action, (Karma), 6. Passion (a guna of the mind). 7. Time
(Kaala), 8. Place’ (Dik),'9. Situation (Sthili- a condition of the
mind or plice) 10. “Habit, (Saatntyata),
This. eschool of philosophers distributed all the objects
of sar thoughts and ideas into the above genera or. classes
whereas Kanarda,divided them’into six categories viz., Dretya
Guna, Karma; Saamaanyo, Visesha, and Samavaa'a ond distributed
everything in‘the tyorld into these six gfoups,.- . +26: Aayurveda Sikshaa-Philogophical Background [V1 Seeu2
, -->-Spamaanya'enables different-things to, be denoted by ‘one,
namie. ‘Saamaanya meka tvakaram “ (Cha, Sut. 1~45), Saamaa+
nya is that (dNarma) which makes many things into one. Saamaa-
nya is elways responsible for increase of the bhaavas concerned
whereas Visesha is respousible for decrease of the same, In ~a
case where Sdamaanya'and visesha bhavas (they may be Dravyas,
Gunas, or Karmas)' come together’ in exactly equal ' proportions,
there is neither increase nor decréase.' This is called the restora;
tion.'of pravritti or + equilibrium. (Pravritti_ rubhayasya. Che.
144. tid) :
‘or example, when we see a number of cows, each indi.
‘vidual cow is denoted by the word cow. But when we are
dealing with a number of cows and a number of other animals,
having distinguishing properties from -the cows, we recognise
the Gotwa (cowness) and speak of the class of cows as:bovine.
Similarly when we see a number of horses, we recognise the
Aswatwa (Horseness) i.e. the Dharma or properties common to
all horses and classify them into the Equine class. But when we
have to group the cows and horses together, we denote the
greater group by the Animal class of Jantutwa and animalness
is their common dharma, In this manner the grouping may go
on by classifying all Bhaavas (Dravyas, Guras, and Karmias) into
Jarger or smaller groups or orders, genuses and species according
40 their common dharmas(individual peculiarities or factors). -The
larger grouping is denoted by Para Saamaatya and the smaller
grotping Ly Apara Samtaanya. The largest grouping of ull Drawyas,
Gunzs and Karaas ends in only one group denoted by the word
‘Satla i, e. existence. Saamtaa nya is thus classified into , two
hinds viz. Para Saamaanya and Apara Samaanya.
Para signifies distant or greater groups and Apara neater
or smaller groups, Whereas Saamaanya is responsible for increase
of the number of the constituents of each group, Visesha is
responsible for decrease in the number of the constituent parts.
: “ Saatiaanyam Vriddhi Kearanam,
HAraSaheluluc, Viseshascha,
Prosritli rabhayasyatu. ° ' (Se. ‘1-44, Ibid)...: e hypothesis: of things ji jerensing» by ‘addition of
‘similar’ things “and ‘decreasing bythe addition: of dissimilag/things
‘arid’ of the- “restoration | : guilibrium: by». the i
‘and’ dissimilar dhings in-‘exact -!proportions “is: ome cof