abhāvo 'pohaḥ, tenāpohena tādrūpyādgamyam abhāvagamyam, abhāvagamyaṃ rūpaṃ svabhāvo yasya vastunas tat tathoktam /
'Absence' [means] exclusion; 'cognizable through absence' [means] cognizable due to having the same form as that exclusion; that entity whose nature is a form cognizable through absence is called thus.