Kanabaksha - Kanabaksha

…Indian philosopher. He is believed to have lived between 150 and 50 BCE. He was also known by the names Kanabju, Kanavaksha (meaning "eater of grain" (kaṇa)), and Uruka (meaning "owl"). He is said to have been the founder of the Vaisheshika school, which has a very strict terminology system, and to have compiled the fundamental text of this school, the Vaiṣeshika-sūtra (the extant version was written around 100-200 CE). …

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…インドの哲学者。前150‐前50年ころの人と推定され，別名カナブジュ，カナバクシャ(以上〈穀粒kaṇaを食う者〉の意)，ウルーカ(〈フクロウ〉の意)。伝承上では，きわめて厳密な術語体系をもつバイシェーシカ学派の開祖で，この派の根本テキスト《バイシェーシカ･スートラVaiṣesika‐sūtra》(現存のものは紀元100‐200年ころの成立)を編んだとされている。…

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