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'''''' is a Sanskrit word for "categories" in Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools of Indian philosophy.

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  • Philosophical significance
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  • Vaisheshika
  • Nyaya
  • Western philosophy
  • See also
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'''''' is a Sanskrit word for "categories" in Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools of Indian philosophy.

== Etymology == The term is a portmanteau of , "word" and , "meaning" or "referent", and so the term indicates "the meaning or referent of words".

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