मानाधीना मेयसिद्धिर्मानसिद्धिस्तु लक्षणात् ।
mānādhīnā meya-siddhir māna-siddhis tu lakṣaṇāt |
(Cited in Mādhavācārya’s Jaiminīya-nyāya-mālā-vistara: 1.1.37)
“Establishment of an object of knowledge (meya—prameya) is dependent on a [valid] means of knowing (māna—pramāṇa), and establishment of a means of knowing (māna—pramāṇa) is based on a defining characteristic (lakṣaṇa) [i.e., it is by perception of the defining characteristic(s) of an object that its can presence can be determined].”