sa hyāha ghaṭavādīnāṃ sāmānyānāṃ ghaṭādibhiḥ samavāyalakṣaṇaḥ sambandhaḥ, abhāvānāṃ tu viśeṣaṇaviśeṣyabhāvalakṣaṇas tataś ca sāmānyābhāvayor ekārthasambandho 'trāpi vyapadeśaheturastyeveti /
For he [Uddyotakara] says: "The relation of universals like 'jar-ness' with [particulars] like jars is characterized by inherence, while [the relation] of negations is characterized by the qualifier-qualified relation, and therefore here too there exists a relation-to-one-thing between universal and negation which serves as the basis for designation."