| Title |
Being and becoming in Nyaya-Vaisesika / |
| Translation of Title |
Būtis ar atsiradimas Njajos-Vaišešikos filosofijoje. |
| Authors |
Šileikis, Saulius |
| DOI |
10.15388/AOV.2004.18243 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Acta Orientalia Vilnensia : Rytų kultūrų mokslinių tyrinėjimų leidinys. 2004, t. 5, p. 185-196.. ISSN 1648-2662 |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article aims at analysing the semantics of Sanskrit verbs denoting being and becoming and their influence on the development of philosophical thinking, in particular the ontology of Nyaya-Vaises.ika. It is argued that in Sanskrit the durative aspect of the verb asti resulted in the development of qualificative meaning of the present participle sat and the qualitative abstracts satta and sattva. The process reached its peak in the concept sattva of Sam.khya philosophy. In Nyaya-Vaises.ika sat preserved its durative existential meaning, and its derivatives satta and astitva comprised the positive reality as universals. In the negative description of reality the verb bhavati and its derivative abhava prevailed and this fact conditioned the development of the dynamic and concrete conception of absence. As a consequence, Nyaya-Vaises.ika created neither the universal concept of non-being nor the concept of empty space. |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2004 |
| CC license |
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