Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
Who wrote the 'Vaisheshika-sutras'?
AKanada ✓ Correct
BGautama
CMahatma Buddha
DVatsyayana
Correct answer: (A) Kanada — Kanada wrote the Vaisheshika-sutras, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Kanada wrote the Vaisheshika-sutras, so that is the answer.
★Kanada, also called Kanabhaksha or Uluka, founded the Vaisheshika school.
★The Vaisheshika-sutras set out the theory of categories (padarthas) and atoms.
★Gautama, by contrast, authored the Nyaya-sutras.
★Vatsyayana wrote a commentary on the Nyaya-sutras.
★So the answer is Kanada.
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