Kanada

(2nd c. B.C.E.?) Philosopher who is traditionally named as the author of the
Vaisheshika Sutras and founder of the
Vaisheshika philosophical school, one of
six schools of Hindu philosophy.
Kanada’s date is uncertain, but he is
believed to have lived after the third
century B.C.E. In its earliest form, the
Vaisheshika school followed a doctrine
of atomism, asserting that there are simple building blocks that cohere to form
complex objects. This cohesion also
attaches objects to their qualities. As
Vaisheshika combined with the Nyaya
school, another of the six schools, the
Vaisheshikas gradually adopted the
Nyaya idea of God as the regulating
force behind these atomic relations.