All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
Dandavat Pranams
Continuing with the overview of the Vaisesika philosophy, and having completed a review of the first category of Reality, the nine kinds of Substance (dravyas), we move on to the second category of Reality, the twenty-four Qualities (gunas) that may exist in a given substance.
One should not confuse the usage of the Twenty-four Gunas in the Vaisesika philosophy with the Three Gunas of the Sankhya philosophical system. Each of these systems comprise independent viewpoints on reality and should be considered to stand alone.
Each of the Twenty-four Gunas in the Vaisesika system may have subcategories, thus the system becomes a bit complex. The list includes such qualities as color, taste, smell, sound, number, magnitude, etc. To review all of these categories and subcategories in detail, please see the full text starting on page 26.
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