tathāvidhaḥ vividhārthakriyāyogyastulyādijñānahetuśca padārtho rūpādiḥ arthaḥ viṣayo yasya ghaṭa iti rūpādaya iti ca saṅketasya sa tathoktaḥ tathāvidhārthaḥ saṅketo yeṣāṃ śabdapratyayānāṃ te tathoktāḥ teṣāṃ gocarā iti vigrahaḥ //
Things of such nature, i.e., objects like color which are capable of diverse purposeful activities and are causes of similar and dissimilar cognitions, [and which] are the objects denoted by conventional expressions like "pot" and "color" - such things are said to be within the scope of those verbal cognitions which have such conventional meanings.