Indian Philosophy v2.c25.s2.24

v2.c25.s2.24

¹⁴¹ Commenting on it, the Nyāyaratnākara says: “Class, etc., are not altogether different from the individual. It is a fact of common experience that the individual cow is recognised as such only when it is found to be identical with the class ‘cow.’ This could not be if the individual were totally different from the class. Such recognition of the identity of the individual with the class is the only means of knowing the class; hence there must be an identity between the individual and the class.” See also Ākṛtivāda, 8, 10, 18, 25. ⁵ Tantravārttika, i. 3. 30. ⁶ Jātim evākṛtiṁ prāhur vyaktir ākriyate yayā Sāmānyaṁ tac ca piṇḍānāṁ ekabuddhinibandhanam. (S.V., Ākṛtivāda.