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paramanu

परमाणु paramāṇu

The atom of Vaisheshika: the indivisible, eternal, partless unit from which material things are built up.

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  • What is Vaisheshika? Philosophy

    So the division must halt, at a unit that has no parts left to cut: the paramanu , the atom, partless, eternal, uncaused and indestructible, the floor beneath which measurement cannot go.

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