KIJAHS/APR-JUN2016/VOL -3/ISS-2/A13
IMPACT
ISSN:2348-4349
FACTOR(2016) – 6.8712
KAAV INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTS,HUMANITIES
& SOCIAL SCIENCES
An Analytic Study of Dharma in Vaiśeṣika Philosophy As a
Source of Integrated Thought
VANDANA UPADHYAY
Research Scholar, SCSS/CSS,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, 110067.
Abstract
Keywords:Dharma, abhyudaya, niḥśreyas, jῆāna, tattva etc.
Vaiśeṣika School is one of the six orthodox systems of Indian philosophy that
talks much about human integration. Its concept of dharma is very peculiar and somewhat
idiosyncratic from other systems of Indian philosophy. Kaṇāda in the Vaiśeṣikasūtra
defines dharma as a source of worldly achievements and spiritual advancement.
Yatoabhyudayaniḥśreyassiddhiḥsadharmaḥ. VS, 1/1/2.
This paper constitutes an effort to show the integrated human approach of
Vaiśeṣikasystem
through
its
concept
ofdharma.
The
Vaiśeṣikasūtra
and
the
Padārthadharmasaṃgraha along with other well-known commentaries on it would be
explored to describe and analyse the concept of dharma that comprises the sense of human
integration.
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