Vaisheshika (Vaiśeṣika ; वैशॆषिक)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: Literally, “referring to the distinctions;” Hindu philosophy of nature

Long Description: Literally, “referring to the distinctions;” The Hindu philosophy of nature, including an analysis of the various categories and objects of sensory experience; one of the six orthodox darśanas, or perspectives, of classical Hinduism.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger