Dvyanuka
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Dvyanuka (Sanskrit: द्व्यणुक, Romanised: Dvyaṇuka) is the combination of two Paramāṇus of the same type mentioned in the text Vaisheshika Sutra of the Vaisheshika school of thought in the Indian philosophy. According to Vaisheshika school, Dvyanukas are formed when two Parāmaṇus of the same type come into close proximity and under the influence of specific forces.{{Cite book |last=Dasgupta |first=Surendranath |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Indian_Philosophy_Volume_2.html?id=oc0lt2qklycC#v=onepage&q=dvyanuka&f=false |title=A History of Indian Philosophy: Volume 2 |last2=Dasgupta |date=1932 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-04779-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ui |first=Hakuju |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Vais%C3%A9%E1%B9%A3ika_Philosophy_According_to.html?id=YH0wAAAAYAAJ#dvyanuka |title=The Vaiséṣika Philosophy According to the Daśapadārtha-śāstra: Chinese Text with Introd., Translation, and Notes |date=1977 |publisher=Chinese Materials Center |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Indian_Journal_of_History_of_Science.html?id=87baAAAAMAAJ#dvyanuka |title=Indian Journal of History of Science |date=2006 |publisher=National Institute of Sciences of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2019-01-06 |title=Dvyanuka, Dvyaṇuka, Dvi-anuka: 10 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dvyanuka |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}
Etymology
Description
The Dvyanuka is a fundamental concept in Vaisheshika philosophy, representing the initial step in the process of creation and the building blocks of all material objects in the universe. Dvyanuka is also called as dyad. The Dvyanukas are non eternal objects.{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=ShashiPrabha |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Categories_Creation_and_Cognition_in_Vai.html?id=Jr2YDwAAQBAJ#v=onepage&q=creation%20of%20Dvyanuka&f=false |title=Categories, Creation and Cognition in Vaiśeṣika Philosophy |date=2019-05-15 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-981-13-2965-4 |pages=56 |language=en}}
According to the Vaisheshika philosophy, during the formation of the dvyanuka from two same type of paramanus, all the qualities except the specific measures of pārimāndalya of the paramanus transferred to the product dvyanuka.{{Cite book |last=Dasgupta |first=Surendranath |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Indian_Philosophy_Volume_2.html?id=oc0lt2qklycC#v=onepage&q=creation%20of%20dvyanuka&f=false |title=A History of Indian Philosophy: Volume 2 |last2=Dasgupta |date=1932 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-04779-1 |pages=189 |language=en}}