Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary

by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165

Summary: The English translation of the Vaisheshika Sutras (including various notes and commentaries) which represents a type of “moksha-shastra” or a “doctrine of emancipation” and teaches the science freedom. The Vaisheshika Sutra describes the various aspects of the soul, including the nature of the soul, it's suffering and and how it is revolving on the wheel of births and deaths and re-births under the Law of Karma. The Sutra is also famous for it's system of physics and metaphysics and the atomic theory of nature.

This edition the original Sanskrit text, word-for-word translation, English text, and the following commentaries: 1) The Upaskara of Shankara Mishra; 2) The Vivriti of Jayanarayana-Tarkapanchanana; 3) The Bhashya of Chandrakanta.

The Kanada Vaisheshika Sutra is also known as: कणाद वैशेषिकसूत्र (Kaṇāda Vaiśeṣikasūtra, Vaiśeṣika-sūtra, Vaisheshikasutra, Vaisesikasutra, Vaisesika-sutra) also known as

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Contents of this online book ( + / - )

The full text of the Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

Preface

Śaṅkara Miśra’s Introduction

Jayanārāyaṇa’s Introduction

+ Book I - Of the Predicables

. Chapter 1 - Of Substance, Attribute, and Action

. Chapter 2 - Of Genus and Species

+ Book II - Of Substances

. Chapter 1 - Of Earth, Waters, Fire, Air, and Ether

. Chapter 2 - Of the Five Bhūtas, Time, and Space

+ Book III - Of Soul and Mind

. Chapter 1 - Of the Marks of Inference

. Chapter 2 - Of the Inference of Soul and Mind