udyotakarastvāha vipratipannā ayu{ga}patkālāḥ pratyayā ekaviṣayāḥ avyutthāyitat pratyayasāmānādhikaraṇye sati samānaśabdavācyatvāt, vartamānalakṣaṇānekapuruṣapratyayavat /
Uddyotakara says: "The disputed cognitions occurring at different times must have one [and the same] object because, while having an unannulled co-extensiveness with the cognition [of that object], they are expressible by the same words, like the cognitions of multiple persons [occurring] at the present moment."