見勝論宗條。 又曰鞞世師。新稱吠世史迦Vaiśeṣika，譯曰勝。古仙所造之論名。成劫末，人壽無量歲時，有外道出世，名嗢露迦，譯曰鵂鶹。又號羯拏僕，譯曰食米齋。此人多年修道，成就五通。證六句義為宗，因而造論，名吠世史迦，此譯曰勝論。以諸論無匹故也。以彼為勝論之師，故亦稱勝論師。其後裔有慧月，更加四句義為十句義。十句義論是也。玄應音義十曰：「衛世師，此語訛略也。應言鞞崽迦論，此云勝。其論以六句義為宗，舊云六諦。」慧琳音義二十六曰：「衛世師此云無勝，外道論也。」唯識述記一末曰：「吠世史迦，此翻為勝。造六句論，諸論罕匹，故云勝也。或勝人所造，故名勝論。舊云衛世師，或云鞞世師，皆訛略也。（中略）多年修道，遂獲五通，謂證菩提，便欲入滅。但嗟所悟未有傳人，愍世有情癡無慧目，乃觀七德，授法令傳：一生中國，二父母俱是婆羅門姓，三有般涅槃性，四身相具足，五聰明辨捷，六性行柔和，七有大悲心。經無量時無具七者，後住多劫。波羅痆斯國有婆羅門，名摩納縛迦，此云儒童。其儒童子名般遮尸棄，此云五頂。頂髮五旋，頭有五角。其人七德雖具，根熟稍遲。既染妻孥，卒難化度。經無量歲，伺其根熟。後三千歲，因入戲園與其妻室競華相忿，鵂鶹因之乘通化之，五頂不從，仙人且返。又三千歲，化又不得。更三千年，兩競尤甚。相厭既切，仰念空仙。仙人應時神力化引，騰空迎往所住山中，徐說所悟六句義法：一實，二德，三業，四有，五同異，六和合，（中略）後其苗裔名為慧月，立十句義。」
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct orsui generisnature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith,Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta,History of Indian Philosophy.
衛世師 正云鞞崽（所皆切）。此云無勝。優樓僧佉，計六遍造，但眼根火多，乃至身根風多。文見金七十論。輔行云：優樓僧佉，此云休留仙。其人晝藏山谷，以造經書。夜則遊行，說法教化。猶如彼鳥，故得此名，亦名服足。其人在佛前八百年出世，亦得五通，說論十萬偈，名衛世師。
此訛略也應言鞞崽迦論此云勝其論以六句義為宗舊云六諦也崽音所皆反