The Manas is that substance which is independent and is atomic in size. This view is held by :
Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika
The Vaiśeṣika list of nine substances (dravya) is earth, water, fire, air, ether, time, space, self (ātman) and mind (manas); here manas is an eternal, independent substance in its own right.
Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika holds manas to be atomic (aṇu) in size and one for each self; its atomicity explains why we cannot have several cognitions at the same instant, since it can contact only one sense organ at a time.
Cārvāka accepts only the four perceptible elements and treats consciousness as a by-product of the body, so it admits no separate atomic mind-substance.
Advaita Vedānta treats manas as an internal organ (antaḥkaraṇa) produced from the subtle elements, not an eternal independent substance; Mīmāṁsā borrows much of the Nyāya scheme but the classic formulation of manas as an independent atomic dravya belongs to Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika.
Hence, Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika.
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Match the pairs of System of philosophy with the Theory of Error accepted by the system, and choose the correct option:
System of philosophy: (i) Kumarila Bhatta (ii) Prabhakara (iii) Advaita-Vedanta (iv) Nyaya
Theory of Error: (a) Anirvacaniyakhyati (b) Viparitakhyati (c) Anyathakhyati (d) Akhyati
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The correct order of the first four links in the 12 linked chain of Dependent Origination is:
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According to the Samkhya system in Samkhyakarika, the group of eleven consisting of five sense organs, five motor organs and manas arises directly from:
The specific sense in which the term karma is used in Jainism is:
Isvara according to the Yogasutra of Patanjali is the Purusa:
According to the early Nyaya definition of perception, perceptual knowledge arises from the contact between:
According to Prabhakara Mimamsa absence of a pot from the floor:
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.................... is a client server application that identifies each host on the internet with a unique user-friendly name.
Every OS has a ................ or .......... which primarily resides in the main memory of the computer to perform some of the basic functions of the OS.
(i) Kernel
(ii) Interface
(iii) Nucleus
(iv) Compiler
Codes:
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(i) Machine language
(ii) Assembly language
(iii) High level language
(iv) Natural language
Codes:
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