ATOMIC THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE In the Vaiseshika system, the formation of the world is supposed to be effected by the aggregation of atoms. These atoms are countless and eternal. They are
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ATOMIC THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE
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In the Vaiseshika system, the formation of the world is supposed to be effected by the aggregation of atoms These atoms are countless and eternal. They are' eternally aggregated, disintegrated and redisintegrated by the power of Adrishta. An atom is defined as `something existing, having no cause, and eternal'. It is less than the least, invisible, indivisible, intangible and imperceptible by the senses. Each atom has a Visesha or eternal essence of its own. The combination of these atoms is first into an aggregate of two (Dvyanu, dyad). Three of them, again combine into a particle, called Trasarenu (Triad), which like a mote in a sunbeam has just sufficient magnitude to be perceptible. There are four classes of Paramanus, vizi, Paramanus of earth, water, fire and air. The individual