samayaḥ saṅketaḥ, ākṛtiḥ saṃsthānaṃ, piṇḍo dravyam, ādiśabdena rūpādiparigrahaḥ, ebhyo vyatiriktaṃ svarūpaṃ yeṣāṃ svābhidhānapratyayaṃ pratyanurūpāṇām upādhitvāt saṃsargiṇāṃ nimittāntarāṇāṃ tāni nibandhanaṃ yeṣām iti vigrahaḥ /
'Samaya' means convention, 'ākṛti' means configuration, 'piṇḍa' means substance, and by the word 'ādi' [we include] color and other [qualities]; [these are] different from those whose own form is suitable as limiting conditions for their respective names and notions - this is the analysis [of the compound].