Question
This philosopher’s nickname of Uluka, or “the Owl,” originates from a story in which Shiva appeared to him as an owl and taught him the six padārthas. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ancient philosopher who proposed nine categories, or dravya, of substance. A sutra by this philosopher spearheaded a school of philosophy that theorized entities called paramāṇu (“PURR-uh-MAW-noo”).
ANSWER: Kaṇāda [or Kashyapa] (That text is the Vaiśeṣika Sutra.)
[10e] The Vaiśeṣika (“vye-SHAY-shih-kuh”) school’s concept of paramāṇu is analogous to these fundamental objects theorized by Democritus and Leucippus.
ANSWER: atoms [or atomos]
[10m] A set of eight paramāṇu comprise a molecule whose name refers to the dust of this sort of object, which Nāgasena used as a simile for the self. This sort of object represents the soul in an allegory from the Phaedrus.
ANSWER: chariots [or carts; or rathadhuli; prompt on vehicles]
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