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according to the dishes prepared but it is the same action, all the same, in every type of cooking. Finally, in the case of proper names like Devadatta, though they appear different when applied to different individuals, yet their sphoța is the same everywhere. This is the position of the Jātyādivādins i.e., the grammarians. The views of the Jātivādins, referred to by Jātireva' in the Viveka Commentary, on the other hand, are stated in the last line of the paragraph (pp. 43–44). The Mimāṁsakas, called Jativādins, declare that convention is always with regard to the genus or generality (Jāti) only. Hence, Just as in words like Go, Gotva, being the genus or Jāti under which every bull (GO) is subsumed, the convention is with regard to the Jāti, so also in Gunavācaka words like śukla; in Kriyāvācaka words like Pacati and in Dravyavācaka or Sanjñāvācaka words or Yadịcchātmaka words like Dittha; there is a notion of generality or Jāti like Suklatva ( whiteness ), pākatva (cookingness ) and Ditthatva and here it is with reference to this notion of generality or Jāti that the convention operates. Thus the Jātivādins conclude : Hani dai gia gaita7. Simply put, Jāti is the "cause of currency" and Jāti is the primary or direct or expressed sense based on convention or consent. This is the background against which we have to read the passage under Jātireva in the Viveka Commentary The passage points out that the quality of whiteness found in milk, conch-shell and cranes, etc. is not the same because the same word śukla cannot express all the whiteness in the world due to endiessness; nor can it express a few Suklas in the world due to infringement of the rule; so, it can only express one common property running in all white things. Similarly the Kriyāvācaka word Pāka cannot cover Gudapāka as well as Tilapāka or Tandulapāka, because they are different Pakas. Hence Pāka cannot express Kriya, but the Jāti of Pakatva, a common property found in all Pākas is certainly denoted by it. As regards the proper names or Yadịcchā words like Dittha etc., though the word Dittha as uttered in
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