Vaisesika

• Pluralistic realism
• Kanada
• Vishesha - particularity
• MAG k FB
• IDP (s,d,j)

Theory of Categories;

• Padartha / Category - Real, Nameable, Knowable
• Bhava
• Dravya - Substance - 9 material & spiritual | Vaisesika =/ Materialistic
• Ult. Substance, self- subsistence, abs, eternal, individual,
• Compound Substance--> transient, impermanent, subject to production & destruction
• the substratum of Gunas, Karmas, the material cause of everything
• Earth, Water, Fire, Air- ult element, supersensible,  partless, unique atom, combine to form diatom, tri atom, tetra atom, static & immobile, God provides dynamism, Adrsta - influence integration & disintegration
• Ether - ~, a substratum of sound, not atomistic
• Space & Time - one, imperceptible, all-pervading
• S -cause of cognition of East, West, North, South, near, far. - different from ether
• T- cause of cognition of past, future, present, younger, older
• Atma -unconsciousness, acquire consciousness  after associating with mana, body 
• Mana- mind, internal sense organ, many, Imperceptible,  atomic but doesn't give rise to compound object, allow a substance to come in contact with object, inferred from a perception of internal cognition
• Guna - Attributes - permanent & static - 24 types
• Inheres in S & depend on S / Dravya
• Separate Categ. - Conceived, thought & named independent of S
• Not constitutive cause of anything
• Ex- Color, taste-rasa, smell- gandha, sparsha , Samkhya- no, size, pleasure, pain, desire, aversion, Samyoga - conjunction, Vibhag 
• Karma - Action - Dynamic, transient features
• Inheres in S & depend on S / Dravya
• Separate Categ. - Conceived, thought & named independent of S
• Not constitutive cause of anything
• 5 Action upward, downward, contraction, expansion, locomotion   
• Samanya - Universal  - class concept, the essence
• The common character of things which fall under same class
• Ex. Cowness inhers in all cow
• Vishesha - Particular
• Allow distinction b/n objects of the same class - ex- 1 soul from another
• Allow distinction b/n different dravya i.e earth form water etc
• Compound are not real particular 
• Samvaya - Inherence 
• Abhava
• Abhava

Kyati

• Theory of Appearance;
• Th of Illusion, Error- 
• Atmakhyati - vijyanvadi
• Asatkhyati - Madhyamika
• Anyatha khyati -NV
• Akhyati - Prabhakar
• Viprit Khyati - Kumaril
• Anirvachniya Kyati - Shankar
• Sat- Kyati - Ramanuja

Self

• Atma - consciousness not quality, but contingent & accidental
• Self - indestructible, eternal, ~, all-pervading, 6 Gunas IDP Coaching
• Iccha - Desires
• Dvesha - aversion
• Praytna - Volition
• Sukh - Pleasure
• Dukh - Pain
• Jnana - Know 

Proof of Atma

• Old Nyayikas
• Testimonies of scripture, spiritual auth
• Inference from function of Ichha, Dvesha, Prayatna (IDP)
• Feeling Sukh, Dukh & Coordinator of Jnana
• Later Nyayikas

Liberation

• Apavarga- Abs freedom form all pain & suffering is liberation
• Sravan -listening to scriptural instruction
• Manan - Firmly est.ing know of s by reasoning 
• Nididhyasan - Meditating on self

God

• 1, infinity, eternal self, omnipotent, omniscient
• Grace of God needed in the liberation
• Efficient cause - not material cause, Karmaphaldata, external consciousness inseparable attribute, 6 perfections (Sadasvairya) MAG K FB
• All Majestic, all almighty, all glorious,
• Infinity Know, Infinity & perfect freedom, Infinity beautiful
• - God in bonded
• - God depended on the atom for creation of the world

Proofs for the Existence of God;

Kusumanjali - kavadp2s2

• Karyat - Causal argument, efficient cause world is effect must have efficient cause i.e God
• Ayojnat- Dynamism to atom
• Vakyat-
• Adrastat - Adrasta argument
• Dhrtyadeh - Support to the world - contingent arg
• Padarth - Word meaning
• Pratyayatah - Authoritativeness of scripture
• Shrutey - Testimony of Shruti
• Samkya visesta - Numerical Concept

• Refuted by Shankara & Ramanuja - destroy reason to establish faith 

Atomistic Theory of Creation

• Asatkaryavada
• Parmanu nitya vada

Theory of Causation;

• Asatkaryavada