लौकिकपरीक्षकाणां यस्मिन्नर्थे बुद्धिसाम्यं स दृष्टान्तः ।
laukika-parīkṣakāṇāṁ yasminn arthe buddhi-sāmyaṁ sa dṛṣṭāntaḥ |
(Nyāya-sūtra: 1.1.25)
“That object in regard to which common people and examiners [i.e., those who deliberate logically] have a likeness in understanding is [called] an example (dṛṣtānta).”