Kanad called the tiniest of tiny particles of matter as:

Parman

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Parmounu

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Anu

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Parmanu

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Solution

The correct option is D Parmanu
One of the earliest attempts to understand the structure of matter was made by Maharishi Kanad, an Indian sage who lived around the $6 t h$ century BC. According to him, if the matter is broken into smaller and smaller pieces, a stage will come when the matter cannot be broken further. Kanad called these tiniest of tiny particles Parmanu.

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