what is a substance in vaisesika
All objects of experience can be classified into six categories, dravya (substance), guá¹a (quality), karma (activity), sÄmÄnya (generality), viÅeá¹£a (particularity) and samavÄya (inherence). Later VaiÅeá¹£ika s (ÅrÄ«dhara and Udayana and ÅivÄditya) added one more category abhava (non-existence).he earliest systematic exposition of the Vaisheshika is found in the VaiÅeá¹£ika SÅ«tra of Kaá¹Äda (or Kaá¹abhaksha). This treatise is divided into ten books. The two commentaries on the VaiÅeá¹£ika SÅ«tra, RÄvaá¹abhÄá¹£ya and BhÄradvÄjavá¹tti are no more extant.