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): /ʋɑjˈɕeː.ʂi.kɐ/

Adjective

वैशेषिक • (vaiśeṣika) stem

1. characteristic, special
2. belonging to the Vaisheshika doctrine

References

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