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(Skt., ‘referring to the distinctions’,
vi
e
a
). The oldest of the six early Hindu philosophical systems (
dar
ana
) related to
Ny
ya
. Founded by Ka
da, to whom
Vai
e
ika S
tra
is attributed, it begins with
dharma
and the authority of the
Veda
. But it then proceeds to the analysis of the six categories or objects of experience (
pad
rthas
) and makes no mention of God or gods. Later Vai
e
ika could not regard all appearance as coming together from nowhere, and therefore postulated an unproduced Producer of all that is, i.e. God. Vai
e