nācandraḥ śaśī candraḥ śaśīti vā pakṣaḥ, loke sampradāyaprasiddhacandravyapadeśāc candratvenāpadiṣṭatvād iti vā hetuḥ, vaidharmyeṇa loṣṭādi /
The proposition [may be stated] either [in the form] "The hare-marked [moon] is not non-moon" or "The hare-marked is moon"; and the probans is "because it is designated by the traditionally well-known term 'moon' among people" or "because it is designated as moon"; the counter-example by dissimilarity being clods of earth and such things.