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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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