俱舍論疏 12.5

12.5

On the Śāstra's words, "Analyzing in this way [...] as when uttering the name 'go' (ox)": This describes the minimum quantities of name and time. Analyzing from a thirty-two-syllable name down to a single-syllable name is called the absolute minimum of name. By extension, analyzing multiple names down to a single name is taken as the absolute minimum. Thus, when combining two syllables and above, whether there is no separate entity or there is a separate entity, the meaning is not contradictory either way. Just as with the specks of dust of an atom, gold, water, a hare, a sheep, an ox, and so forth, apart from their substantive atoms there is no separate entity.