वैशेषिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ৱৈশেষিক (Assamese script)
ᬯᬿᬰᬾᬱᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
বৈশেষিক (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰹𑰫𑰸𑰬𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑁃𑀰𑁂𑀱𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ဝဲၐေၑိက (Burmese script)
વૈશેષિક (Gujarati script)
ਵੈਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍈𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦻꦯꦺꦰꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂶𑂬𑂵𑂭𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ವೈಶೇಷಿಕ (Kannada script)
វៃឝេឞិក (Khmer script)
ໄວເຨຩິກ (Lao script)
വൈശേഷിക (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᡳᡧᡝᢢᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘺𑘫𑘹𑘬𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠸᠧᠧᠱᠧᢔᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧛𑧋𑧚𑧌𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐿𑐱𑐾𑐲𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
ଵୈଶେଷିକ (Odia script)
ꢮꣀꢯꢾꢰꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆽𑆯𑆼𑆰𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖹𑖫𑖸𑖬𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
වෛශෙෂික (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩗𑩿𑩔𑪀𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚳𑚧𑚲𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
வைஶேஷிக (Tamil script)
వైశేషిక (Telugu script)
ไวเศษิก (Thai script)
ཝཻ་ཤེ་ཥི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒻𑒬𑒹𑒭𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨇𑨮𑨄𑨯𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːj.ɕɐj.ʂi.kɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑj.ɕeː.ʂi.kɐ/

Adjective

वैशेषिक • (vaiśeṣika) stem

characteristic, special
belonging to the Vaisheshika doctrine

References

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वैशेषिक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan