Jiva

MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA
M.M.NINAN
Kanada Kasyapa
(c. 2nd–3rd century C.E.),
Indian school of Vaisesika, founded by Kasyapa (c. 2nd–3rd century C.E.), which
posited that all objects in the physical universe are reducible to a finite number of atoms.
These atoms can be classified into nine kinds each with different characteristics
(Visesha) which constitutes all reality. Originally this was proposed by the
sage Kaṇāda (or Kana-bhuk, literally, atom-eater) around the 2nd century BC.
Vaishesika accepted only perception and inference as valid sources of knowledge.
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