Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c19.s1.4

c19.s1.4

Says the Bṛhatī (p. 188)— वाक्यार्थेन व्यवहार; that is, all usage is through the Sentence and its meaning. How is this to be reconciled with the assertion in the Bhāṣya that ‘the Word ‘cow’ denotes the Class or Universal distinguished by the dewlap’?—how too can this be regarded as ‘eternal,’ when it is based upon the usage of experienced people? In order to meet this difficulty which involves an inconsistency between the Premiss and the Conclusion,—the Bhāṣya has provided an explanation later on, under Sū. 1.1.25.