 Word referents were independent, complete objects, a view that is close to the Fodorian view of language, according to philosopher Daniel Arnold.He also used several Tamil words in his works, including one of the earliest mention of the name "Dravida" in North Indian sources, found in his "Tantravārttika".The above-mentioned view of sentence meaning was debated over some seven or eight centuries by the followers of Prabhākara school within Mīmāṃsā, who argued that words do not directly designate meaning.