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Vaiseshika (Sk.) One of the six Darshanas or schools of philosophy, founded by Kanada. It is called the Atomistic School, as it teaches the existence of a universe of atoms of a transient character, an endless number of souls and a fixed number of material principles, by the correlation and interaction of which periodical cosmic evolutions take place without any directing Force, save a kind of mechanical law inherent in the atoms; a very materialistic school.—Theosophical Glossary, H. P. Blavatsky
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Vaisesika Sutra of Kanada by Debasish Chakrabarty
The Vaisheshika Darshana, Translation and Commentary [of the Vaiseshika Sutras] by John Wells
The Vaisesika Sutras of Kanada by Nandalal Sinha [uses an old MS. which differs from the critical edition]