anye tu buddhyārūḍham evākāraṃ bāhyavastuviṣayaṃ bāhyavastutayā gṛhītaṃ buddhirūpatvenāvirbhāvitaṃ śabdārthamāhuḥ
Others, however, say that the meaning of a word is [the form] that has entered consciousness, relates to an external object, is grasped as an external thing, [and] is manifested in the form of consciousness.