Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c36.15

v2.c36.15

Vasubandhu (henceforth abbreviated as V.) first defines the contention of the Vātsīputrīyas (henceforth abbreviated as Vā) thus: Is the pudgala of the Vā. real (*dravya*) or nominal (*prajñapti*)? By real (*dravya*) existence he means existence like that of *rūpa* and such other elements and by nominal (*prajñapti*) he means existence like that of milk, house or army, which has no separate existence of its own apart from its constituents.