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Aṇu

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Aṇu literally means ‘the atom,’ ‘atomic’.

The smallest part of a physical substance which cannot be divided further, is called aṇu (and sometimes, paramāṇu). According to the Vaiśeṣika system of philosophy, the four elements mentioned below are atomic in size :

  1. Earth
  2. Water
  3. Air
  4. Fire

The perceptible elements are formed out of a combination of these atoms. The Viśiṣtādvaita Vedānta and the Pāśupata system of Śaivism consider the ātman (the individual soul) as aṇu or atomic in size. The word is sometimes used to indicate a minute unit of time also: 54,675,000th part of a muhurta (of 48 minutes). In prosody it is the fourth part of a mātrā (syllabic instant).


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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