anyonyābhāvatāyāṃ satyāṃ yadya[p.451]bhāvarūpaṃ prameyaṃ vyavasthāpyate tadā, samam tulyam etadīdṛśaṃ prameyaṃ sādṛśyabuddhiṣu upamānatveneṣṭāsu //
If an object of cognition of negative nature is established on the basis of mutual negation, then the same kind of object [is found] in the cognitions of similarity which are accepted as [cases of] analogy.