Vaisesika Sutra of Kanada

by Debasish Chakrabarty

Kanada's Vaisesika Sutra, the textual basis for the Nyaya-Vaisesika system and the later Navya-Nyaya system,may be termed the earliest exposition on physics in Indian philosophy.It presents one of the earliest discussions on the idea of atomicity and on the true nature of knowledge as comprising the categories of dravya (substance),guna (attribute),karma (action),samanya (generally).This book presents the original Sanskrit text of the translation in the English language.The book,published under the Shastra Group of Centre of Linguistic and English at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Design,Ahmedabad.He is pursuing his doctoral research in Semiotics from the Jawaharlal Nahru University,New Delhi.About The AuthorDebasish Chakrabarty coordinates the Science and Liberal Arts Department at the National Institute of Design,Ahmedabad.He is pursuing his doctoral research in Semiotics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi.