Vaiśeṣika Sūtra 2.2.1

2.2.1

puṣpavastrayoḥ sati sannikarṣe gandhāntarāprādurbhāvo vastre gandhābhāvaliṅgam |

puṣpa-vastrayoḥ—of a flower and a cloth; sati—existing; sannikarṣe—contact; guṇāntarāprā-durbhāvaḥ—non-appearance from another Attribute; vastre—in the doth; gandhābhāva-liṅgam—mark of the non-existence of Smell.

1. The non-production (of the smell which is perceived in the cloth), after or during its contact with a flower, from the Attribute (of the constitutive cause of the cloth), is the mark of the non-existence of smell in the cloth.

[Read sūtra 2.2.1 above]