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## Introduction
Their statement, "Both went into duality, neither Maya nor Rama was found," exemplifies the proverb. That is, both the general and the specific are wavering in discrimination. In addition, since a mutual relationship between the general and the specific is not possible, a relationship with substance, quality, and karma is also not possible. Why is a mutual relationship between the general and the specific not possible? The reason is that since they are not substances, the Vaisheshikas themselves do not accept the relationship of conjunction in them. Samvaya is also not possible in them because they are not accepted in the form of part-whole, quality-qualified, etc. The general is the universal of the specific, thus, the possibility of a qualifier-qualified relationship is also not there because the Vaisheshikas do not accept any other samvaya except one. Otherwise, it cannot be free from the fault of infinite regress. Yes, the concept of one-meaning samvaya could have been conceived, but that too cannot be done because even after the general like potness remains in the pot, etc., by samvaya, samvaya is not present in them. It is clear that the Vaisheshikas did not accept another samvaya for the existence of samvaya. They accepted only one samvaya. In this way, when a mutual relationship is not possible in both the general and the specific, they remain unconnected and cannot be related to substance, etc. As a result, all three (general, specific, and substance, etc.) remain like useless flowers without any relationship.
## On the Vaisheshika View of Atoms
Among the Vaisheshikas, some believe that cooking (combination with fire) takes place in atoms, and the resulting dyads, etc., become cooked in turn. Others do not accept cooking (combination with fire) in atoms because they believe that atoms do not undergo any kind of transformation. They only accept cooking in dyads, etc. (constituents). Those who do not accept cooking in atoms say that atoms are eternal (unchanging, unproduced, stable, and uniform). Therefore, they remain uniform in all states, from dyads onwards. They do not undergo any kind of otherness (transformation in the form of different forms). They always have non-duality (uniformity). This belief (of some Vaisheshikas) is called "the absolute non-duality of atoms" by A. Samantabhadra.