![]() Meanwhile, Dravyam (matter) was subdivided into nine further categories: Prithvi (Earth), Jala (Water), Teja (Light), Vaayu (Gas), Aakaasa (Ether), Dika (Direction / space dimension), Kaala (Time), Maanas (Mind) and Atma (Soul). The Vaisheshika school posited that there were seven categories within the universe: Dravyam (matter), Guna (Quality), Karma (Action), Samanya (Generic species), Vishesha (Unique trait), Samavaya (Inherence or integrated part of the whole), and Abhava (Non-existence). Arun Murthi wrote in The Wire that the equivalence of Kanad’s doctrine of anu with modern atomic theory of science “is outrageously strange and Vaisheshik Darshan does not deserve the merit of science.” Instead he highlights that the doctrine belongs firmly in the category of metaphysics. (Luca Giordano / CC BY-SA 4.0 & Public domain ) Father of Atomic Theory or Proponent of Speculative Metaphysics? Leucippus on the left and Democritus on the right, both painted by Luca Giordano. He wrote a book related to his research, entitled Vaisheshik Darshan, and became known as “the Father of Atomic Theory.” He gave blackening of earthen pot and ripening of fruit as examples of this phenomenon.Īcharya Kanad founded the Vaisheshika school of philosophy ( Darshan) where he taught his ideas about the atom and the nature of the universe. He also put forward the idea that atoms could be combined in various ways to produce chemical changes in presence of other factors such as heat. Kanad suggested that it was the different combinations of Parmanu which produced different types of substances. This dwinuka had properties similar to the two parent Parmanu. When two Parmanu belonging to one class of substance combined, a dwinuka (binary molecule) was the result. He called that indivisible matter Parmanu, or anu (atom).Īcharya Kanad proposed that this indivisible matter could not be sensed through any human organ or seen by the naked eye, and that an inherent urge made one Parmanu combine with another. From this moment, Kanad conceptualized the idea of a particle that could not be divided any further. Kanad was walking with food in his hand, breaking it into small pieces when he realized that he was unable to divide the food into any further parts, it was too small. (astroved / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Kanad’s Conception of the Anu, the Atom He began writing down his ideas and teaching them to others. Thus, people began calling him Acharya (meaning “the teacher”) which explains the name Acharya Kanad, meaning “the teacher of small particles.”Īcharya Kanad. Since then, people began calling him Kanad, as Kan in Sanskrit means “the smallest particle.” Kanad went on to pursue his fascination with the unseen world and with conceptualizing the idea of the smallest particle. Thus, he explicated, even a single grain of rice was as important as all the valuable riches in this world. He went on to explain that the collection of many meals would feed an entire family and ultimately the entire mankind was made of many families. He told them that individual grains in themselves may seem worthless, but a collection of some hundred grains make up a person's meal. ![]() The Indian sage was asked why he was collecting the grains that even a beggar wouldn’t touch.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |