Sarvadarshanasangraha 13.65

13.65

āśrayabhūtaiḥ saṃbandhibhir bhidyamānā kalpitabhedā gavāśvādiṣu sattaiva mahāsāmānyam eva jātiḥ/ gotvādikam aparaṃ sāmānyaṃ paramārthatas tato bhinnaṃ na bhavati/ gosattaiva gotvaṃ nāparam anvayi pratibhāsate/ evam aśvasattāśvatvam ityādi vācyam/ evaṃ ca tasyām eva gavādibhedabhinnāyāṃ sattāyāṃ jātau sarve gośabdādayo vācakatvena vyavasthitāḥ/ prātipadikārthaś ca satteti prasiddham/ bhāvavacano dhātur iti pakṣe bhāvaḥ sattaiveti dhātvarthaḥ sattā bhavaty eva/ kriyāvacano dhātur iti pakṣe ’pi

"Existence" is that great summum genus which is found in cows, horses, &c., differentiated by the various subjects in which it resides; and the inferior species, "cow," "horse," &c., are not really different from it; for the species "cow" and "horse" (gotva and aśvatva) are not really new subjects, but each is "existence" as residing in the subject "cow" and "horse." Therefore all words, as expressing definite meanings, ultimately rest on that one summum genus existence, which is differentiated by the various subjects, cows, &c., in which it resides; and hence "existence" is the meaning of the stem-word (prātipadika). A "root" is sometimes defined as that which expresses bhāva;[27] now, as bhāva is "existence," the meaning of a root is really existence.[28] Others say that a root should be defined as that which expresses "action" (kriyā); but here again the meaning of a root will really be "existence," since this "action" will be a genus, as it is declared to reside in many subjects, in accordance with the common definition of a genus, in the line—