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TATTVASANGRAHACHAPTER XVI.
to the meanest cowherd. What we do ceny, however, is the character of Reality which the other party impose upon the Import, not the Import itself.-(871)
The following Text proceeds to show that Specific Individuality' cannot form the 'Import (or Denotation) of Words' becausu there can be no Convention in regard to it :
TEXT (872).
OP THESE, SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALITY' CANNOT BE DENOTED BY WORDS; BECAUSE IT CAN HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH
THE TIME OF CONVENTION AND USAGE.-(872)
COMMENTARY Canna be denoted by words':-that is, beeinse there can be no Conyen. tion in regard to it.
Question :- " Why can there be no Convention in regard to it"
Answer:-Because there is 'viyoga', absence of connection with the time related to Convention and Usage, there can be no Convention in regard to the Specific Individuality this has to be supplied).
What is meant is that Convention is made for the purposes of usage ; and not through mere love for it; hence people can rightly make Conventions only with regard to things present at the time related to that Convention and Usage not with regard to anything else. As regards Specific Individuality', it cannot be present at the time of the Convention and Usage ; hence there can be no Convention in regard to it.-(872)
Question "Why is it not possible for the Specific Individuality to be prosent at the time of Convention and Usage ?" Answer:
TEXTS (873-874).
THINGS OF THE NATURE OF INDIVIDUALS CANNOT BECOME INTER-RELATED
AMONG THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES (AMONG THEM) OF PLACE, TIME, AOTION, POTENCY, MANIFESTATION AND THE REST.-FOR THIS REASON, THE THING CONCEIVED BY CONVENTION IS NEVER MET WITH IN ACTUAL USAGE ; AND THAT IN REGARD TO WHICH xo CONVENTION HAS BEHN APPREHENDED CAN NEVER BE COMPREHENDED THROUGH WORDS,-LIKE ANY OTHER THING.-(873-874)
COMMENTARY. The variegated Cow, etc. are so many distinct Individuals.--and as such have their individual forme excluded from each other, through differences of
