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Name the Indian sage who first propounded the idea of atom (anu).


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Maharshi Kanad was the Indian sage who first propounded the idea of atom (anu).

  • According to him, on division of matter (padarth), the smallest particle that can be obtained is anu.
  • Later, anu came to be known as an atom.

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