Nyāya Sūtras 87.4

87.4

anavarodha iti varttate/ yugapaj jñānānutpattir manaso liṅgam ity ucyamāne sidhyaty eva manaḥsannikarṣāpekṣa indriyārthasannikarṣo jñānakāraṇam iti//25//

“Not unincluded” carries over. When it is stated that the non-arising of simultaneous cognitions is the mark of the mind, it is indeed established that contact between the sense organ and the object, which depends on contact with the mind, is the cause of cognition. //25