Zum Begriff Der Substanz Im Vaisesika

Author(s): Wilhelm Halbfass
Publisher: Wilhelm Halbfass

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Substanz (dravya) im Veisepika
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Summary
The paper analyses the functions, ambiguities and paradoxes of the Vaiseșika concept of drarya in a context, which is both systematic and historical and, to a certain extent, includes problems and conceptual distinctions developed in Western thought about 'substance'. Special atten. tion is paid to the role of dravya as substratum and qualificand and to the implications of the sense in which it can be said to 'have' qualities (guna). The cosmological roots and the changing connotations of this relationship are scrutinized; and the twofold perspective of dravya as ásraya and as dharmin is related to two different levels of thought and discourse in