Who wrote the 'Vaisheshika-sutras'?

AKanada ✓ Correct

BGautama

CMahatma Buddha

DVatsyayana

Correct answer: (A) Kanada

Explanation

The Vaisheshika-sutras were composed by the sage Kanada.

Kanada is the founder of the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy.

The school is named for its analysis of vishesha, particularity, among the categories.

Its atomistic metaphysics organizes reality into the padarthas.

This foundational text laying out those categories bears Kanada's name.

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