A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c8.15

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A. Comba concluded in her study that the Carakasamhitā defines the universals and particulars differently from the Vaiśeṣikasūtras. By means of metonymies and ellipses, the Carakasamhitā points out the gnoseological function, at once unifying and differentiating, of the universal-particulars, rather than deducing their existence.