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Vaisheshika Sutra is by Kanada and it describes an atomic approach to matter. It is generally dated to 600 BC.
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a treatise on the subtle, causal and atomic principles in relation to the five elements ...
vaisesika (Vaisheshika) [a system of philosophy, one of the six darsanas; its characteristic doctrine is the eternally distinct nature of the nine substances (air, fire, water, earth, mind, ether, time, space and soul), of which the first five, ...
Vaisheshika: "Distinctionism." From "vishesha," differences. Philosophy founded by Kanada (ca 300 bce) teaching that liberation is to be attained through understanding the nature of existence, ...
Six schools of thoughts:(1) Nyaya, (2) Vaisheshika, (3) Samkhya, (4) Yoga, (5) Mimansa and (6) Vedanta. Hundreds and thousands of spiritual leaders in its history from time immemorial were born on this land.
Over time, Vaisheshika, Nyaya, and Mimamsa have become somewhat obsolete and are not actively practiced.
Samkhya - One of the six systems of orthodox Hindu thought or Indian philosophy that accept the authority of Vedas. The other five are Vaisheshika, Nyaya, Yoga, Mimasa, and Vedanta.
In a short span of two years he had completed the study which would normally have taken twenty years and had mastered Upanishads, Puranas, History, Dharma shastras, Nyaya, Samkhya, Patanjali, Vaisheshika and other traditional literature.
 See also: Yoga, Vedanta, Nyaya, Danta, Sanskrit
  
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