The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c5.s3.t4.22

c5.s3.t4.22

[Opponent:] “But if the mere letters, by entering, in their totality, into the sphere of a simple concept, formed the word, then no difference would be made between words like jâ-râ (paramours) and râ-jâ (king), ka-pi (ape), and pi-ka (cuckoo), for the letters are the same, yet in a different connection they give a different sense.”