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 one of these objects. Nāgasena analogized the self to the parts of one of these objects, which name an allegory about the soul from the Phaedrus.
ANSWER: chariots [or carts; or rathadhuli; prompt on vehicles]
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