Vaisheshika, Vaiśeṣika, Vaishesika, Vaiseshika: 21 definitions
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Vaisheshika has 20 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vaiśeṣika can be transliterated into English as Vaisesika or Vaisheshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vaisheshik.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक):—(von viśeṣa) gaṇa vinayādi (svārthe) zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 34.]
1) adj. (f. ī) a) besonder, specifisch, eigenthümlich (Gegens. sāmānya) [Suśruta 1, 96, 20. 97, 2.] ākāśasya tu vijñeyaḥ śabdo vaiśeṣiko guṇaḥ [Bhāṣāpariccheda 43. 90.] sattvādīni dravyāṇi na vaiśeṣikā guṇāḥ [Nīlakaṇṭha 43.] — b) vorzüglich, hervorragend, ausserordentlich: eka eva tu kartavyo (puraḥsaraḥ) yasminvaiśeṣikā guṇāḥ [Mahābhārata 7, 148. 12, 1658.] jñāna [11874.] anyāmanyāṃ dhanāvasthāṃ prāpya vaiśeṣikīṃ narāḥ [Spr. (II) 375.] — c) zu den Besonderheiten der Vaiśeṣika in Beziehung stehend, von ihnen handelnd, auf ihnen beruhend: prakaraṇa [Oxforder Handschriften 353,b, No. 839.] naya [Bhāṣāpariccheda 104.] mata [140.] kaṇādena tu saṃproktaṃ śāstraṃ vaiṃśeṣikaṃ mahat [SĀṂKHYAPR. 6, 14.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13, 7. 8. 18, 27.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 52.] —
2) m. ein Anhänger des Vaiśeṣika-Systems [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 862.] [Kapila 1, 25.] Schol. zu [1, 19.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 307,] [Nalopākhyāna 3.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 160, 15. fg. No. 626.] [MÜLLER, SL. 84.] [KUSUM. 29, 13.] [Burnouf 568.] —
3) n. a) Besonderheit [KAṆ. 10, 2, 7.] — b) das Vaiśeṣika-System: nyāyavaiśeṣikābhyām [SĀṂKHYAPR. 3, 21.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 4, 52.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 179, 5.] sūtra (hierher oder zu
2) [HALL 27. 64.] sūtropaskara [68.]
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Starts with: Vaisheshika-sutra, Vaisheshikadarshana, Vaisheshikadishaddarshanavisheshavarnana, Vaisheshikaguna, Vaisheshikamata, Vaisheshikaratnamala, Vaisheshikasutropaskara.
Ends with: Avaisheshika, Harindravaisheshika, Nyayavaisheshika, Rasavaisheshika.
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