ABSTRACT
Assuming that many things in our experience and in the world can be named, one may consider whether there are any limits to this process, and whether there are any things which cannot be named. This was a standing question in traditional Indian philosophy, with some schools of thought affirming that everything could be named while others denied it. The affirmative position was especially characteristic of the Nyaya-Vai§esika school:l
"Naiyayikas are fond of a saying, which is sometimes found at the head of their works: whatever is, is knowable and nameable".
