yadeva liṅgaṃ tādātmyatadutpattipratibaddhāllokārthaṃ pratipadyate tadevoktaṃ liṅgamasmābhiḥ, tadabhyanujñāne kiṃ tyaktaṃ syād yasyānumānatvaniṣedhobhavet //
That same inferential mark which is understood by ordinary people as being connected through identity or causation is exactly what has been called 'liṅga' by us; when this is accepted, what [could] be rejected for which you would deny [its] character as inference?