The Vaishéshika is the fifth Hindu philosophical school, founded by wise the Kanada , whose bases are exposed in the Vaiséshika-sutra of this last; This work is not former to the Christian era, even if certain theories which it exposes are older.

Its principal goal was the definition of the categories according to which one can divide the world of appearances. To illustrate this concept, Kanada uses the image of the Atome S which exist from time immemorial and which constitute the forms changeantes world. The supreme Being controls the atoms and their infinite combinations of different categories and, by doing this, control also the Karma