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Vaisesika Parmanuvada, the Nature of Parmanu, Atomism
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Parmanuvada
- According to Nyaya Vaisesika, the effect does not pre-exist in the cause.
- This belief belongs to the theory of asat-karyavada.
- According to them, creation is a new beginning, a fresh creation or Arambhavada.
- In other words, the effect presupposes the cause, but it is not contained implicitly in the cause or it is not identical with the cause.
- This doctrine is also known as Parmanu-Karana-Vada.
- The material objects of the world are composed of parts and are subject to production and destruction.
- They are also divisible into smaller parts and the smaller parts are further divisible into still smaller parts.
- So, there is a minutest particles of …
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Vaisesika: Causation, Three Kinds of Causes
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Causation
- A cause is defined as an unconditional and invariable antecedent of an effect.
- On the other hand, the effect is an unconditional and invariable consequent of a cause.
- So, the same cause produces the same effect and the same effect is produced by the same cause.
- As a result, plurality of causes is ruled out.
- The first e…
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