The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c5.s3.t3.19
The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c5.s3.t3.19
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c5.s3.t3.19
Therefore we must make a distinguish between the individuals (vyakti, p. 286, 7, and also p. 464, 5, literally: "manifestation"), which are transitory, and the species (âkṛiti, that is "form," "shape," "εἶδος,") which are eternal; p. 286, 7: "For though the individuals, as cows etc. originate, their species do not thereby originate; for in substances, qualities and activities originate the individual appearances (vyakti), not the forms of the species (âkṛiti), and only with the species, not with the individuals are the words [of the Veda] connected, "for with the latter, on account of the eternity [of the Veda],