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TATTVASANORAHA : CHAPTER XVI.
tion of the object as possessing that Universal'. In that case, as the
Universal' and also its Inherence ' have been already rejected, there would be no possibility of there being any object equipped with these ; so that the same objections would be applicable.
Further, as the object equipped by these particulars would be of the nature of the Specific Individuality', there could be no Convention bearing upon it, and there could be no usage of words; the notions obtained too would be hazy-as already pointed out before.
If it be said that What is expressed by the verb to be' is something different from Specific Individuality and other things, then the answer to that is that, apart from these, etc. i.e. apart from Specifio Individuality and other things, there is nothing expressed by the verb to be' which is within the range of our cognition.-(896)
The following text sets forth the objections against the theory of the * Aggregate' being denoted by Words (as expounded under Text 888) :
TEXT (897).
UNDER THE VIDW THAT WHAT IS DENOTED IS THE AGGREGATE', THERE IS CLEAR CONCEPTION OF UNIVERSALS' AND PARTICULARS, AS WHAT ARE DENOTED ARE AUSTERITY, CASTE, CONDUCT
AND THE REST COLLECTIVELY,-(897)
COMMENTARY.
Even under the view that what is denoted is the Aggregate', a much clearer conception of Universals and Particulars, in the shape of Austerity and the rest,-is admitted ; hence all the objections that have been urged against the denotation of each of these singly, are all applicable to the view in question.-(897)
The author next states the objections against the two views set forth (under Texts 888 and 889) regarding the Unreal Contact, ete. :
TEXT (898).
ANY SORT OF RELATION AMONG SUBSTANCE AND THE REST, WHOSE XATURE HAS BEEN DULY ASCERTAINED, AS ALSO ANY REAL UNIVERSAL,
-HAS BEEN ALREADY DISCARDED.-(898)
COMMENTARY
In course of the examination of the Six Categories, any such relation as Conjunction and Inherence has been rejected under the examination of the Sankhya doctrines, we have rejected the idea that the Universal' is real and consists of the three Attributes, and is not-different (from the Particular
