वैशेषिक mfn. mf(ई)n. (
fr. वि-शेष, p.990) special, peculiar, specific, characteristic,
[Āpast.] ;
[Suśr.] ;
[Bhāṣāp.] ;
[Hcat.] distinguished, excellent, pre-eminent,
[MBh.] relating or belonging to or based on or dealing with the
वैशेषिक doctrine,
[Bhāṣāp.] ;
[Madhus.] वैशेषिक m. m. a follower of the
V° doctrine,
[Kap.] ;
[Kusum.] ;
[Buddh.] वैशेषिक n. n. peculiarity, distinction,
[Kaṇ.] विशेष N. of the later of the two great divisions of the
न्याय school of philosophy (it was founded by
कणाद, and differs from the, ‘
न्याय proper’ founded by
गौतम, in propounding only seven categories or topics instead of sixteen; and more especially in its doctrine of , or eternally distinct nature of the nine substances, air, fire, water, earth, mind, ether, time, space, and soul, of which the first five, including mind, are held to be atomic),
[IW. 65 &c.]