Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.152

16.152

nanv idaṃ rajatam iti bhrāntijñānānabhyupagame rajataprasakter asattvān nedaṃ rajatam iti niṣedhaḥ kathaṃ kaladhautābhāvaṃ bodhayatīti cet

[Objection:] If an erroneous cognition such as "this is silver" is not accepted, since there would be no application of silver, how does the negation "this is not silver" make known the absence of silver?—if this is argued,