tathā hi ---"satasamprayoge puruṣasyendriyāṇāṃ buddhijanma tat pratyak"ṣam ityatra sūtre janmagrahaṇasya prayojanaṃ varṇayatā kumārilenoktam
Thus, while explaining the purpose of using the word 'janma' [birth] in the sūtra "Perception is the cognition that arises when there is contact between the sense organs of a person and something existent," Kumārila has stated: