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his name, or Kanada as it is usually spelt, are of a late origin. Max Muller has pointed out that no reference whatsover is to be found about Kanada in the Upanishads. Mas Muller by examining the work of Haribhadra, a Brahman converted to Jain. ism and who died in 528 A.D., comes to the conclusion that the Vaiseshika system of philosophy formed with the Nyaya, San. khya, and Purva-Mimamsa, the subject of scientific study amongst the Jains early in the sixth century A. D. Though Wax Muller does not think it improbable that the Vaionshika school might have existed in the first century A. D., according to the Tebetan writers, he believes more proofs are necessary before we can admit the existence of the Vaiseshika school at that time. From this it would be clear that even according to the most favourable statement the Vaiseshika philosophy was of a late origin. But it is necessary to remember that Kanada's Vaiseshika system Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
