Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (26.08.2024) Shift-I
In which of the following classical Indian schools of philosophy was atomism propounded?
AAdvaita
BVaisheshika ✓ Correct
CBuddhism
DSankhya
Correct answer: (B) Vaisheshika — Atomism was propounded in the Vaisheshika school, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Atomism was propounded in the Vaisheshika school, so that is the answer.
★The Vaisheshika school is one of the six classical Indian systems.
★It was founded by the sage Kanada.
★It holds that the world is made of indivisible atoms called paramanu.
★This atomic theory is the Vaisheshika doctrine of atomism.
★Advaita, Buddhism and Sankhya do not centre on this atomism.
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