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NAYA-KARNIKA.
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Not a single nimb, mango or any other tree is ever conceived, apart from (its general property) vegetable-ness. In the same way, fingers, etc., which are included in the idea of hands, etc., cannot be conceived of separately from the hands, etc. 7.
Explanation. In this verse, the emphasis is on the fact that special qualities can have no existence without a substratum of general properties. No one has yet seen a mango plant which did not possess the general quality of tree-ness.
Characteristics of the practical (vyavahára) standpoint.
विशेषात्मकमेवार्थं व्यवहारश्च मन्यते ।
विशेषभिन्नं सामान्यमसत्खरविषाणवत् ॥ ८ ॥
Viseṣâtmakamevârtham vyavahârascha manyate, Visesabhinnam sâmányamasat kharaviṣaṇavat.
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[विशेषात्मकं possessing special properties ; एव only; अर्थ an object; : the practical standpoint; and; takes into consideration; f apart from the specific quality; सामान्यं general quality : असत् false ; खरविषाणवत् like a donkey's horns.]
The practical (vyavahara) takes into consideration an object as possessing specific properties only; as the specific, apart from the general, is a nonentity like a donkey's horns. S.
