Samanya or generality
Generality is that category by virtue of which various different individual beings are enumerated in one class and called by a common name.
Just as all beings are called by a word or term indicating class S the examples of which are man, horse, cow etc. These have some general or common quality which is to be found in the entire class and is its characteristic. Objects or individuals possess similarity because of the general quality.
In the consideration of the general quality, Indian philosophers have subscribed to one of the following three opinions:
Three Different Opinions Concerning Generality:
(1) Nominalism:
According to this school of thought generality is no essential quality but merely a name which gives similarity to the beings belonging to its class and distinguishes
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