स्वं ज्ञापयदपरमपि ज्ञापयति यत्तदुपलक्षणम् ।
svaṁ jñāpayad aparam api jñāpayati yat tad upalakṣaṇam |
(Unknown source; cited in the Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 187)
“That which can convey itself and conveys something else is [called] an upalakṣaṇa.”