vESezika mf( I )n. ( fr. vi-Seza , p. 990) special, peculiar, specific, characteristic, Āpast. ; Suśr. ; Bhāṣāp. ; Hcat.
vESezika a. ( kI f. ) 1 Characteristic. 2 Belonging to the Vaiśeshika doctrine. — kaH A follower of the Vaiśeṣika doctrine. — kaM [ viSezaM padArTamedamaDikftya kfto graMTaH WaY ] One of the six principal Darśanas or systems of Hindu philosophy founded by Kaṇāda; it differs from the Nyāya philosophy of Gautama in that it recognizes only seven instead of sixteen categories or heads of predicables (the earlier writers, e. g. Kaṇāda recognizing only six), and lays particular stress upon Viśeṣa.