[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jha-1942) › c19.13 # Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c19.13 Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā in its Sources c19.13 - **Language:** English ### [c19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jha-1942.c19.13) The above leads us on to the question of the exact denotation of Words: Does the Word (name of things, noun) denote the \*Universal\* (Class) or the \*Particular\* (Individual) or both? The ground for doubt on this point (as expounded by \*Shabara\*, above) is that while the \*Cognition\* brought about by the Word pertains to the \*Class\*, the \*Action\* that follows the Word (\*i.e.\*, the Injunction) pertains to the \*Individual\*. This same view has been expressed by \*Prabhākara\* (\*Bṛhatī\*. MS., p. 36, b)—who holds the \*Anvitābhidhāna\* theory of Verbal Expression, according to which the \*Denotation\* of a Word is cognisable only through its connection with a particular \*action\*; hence, as each Sentence would appertain to some \*action\*, which by its very nature, must appertion to an \*Individual\*, his theory would appear to lend support to the Individualistic theory of Denotation. - [Previous: c19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jha-1942.c19.12) - [Next: c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jha-1942.c19.14) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jha-1942.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jha-1942.c19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jha-1942.c19.13) · Pramāṇa