1006 Verse 1426

Original

लिङ्गाच्च प्रतिबिम्बाख्यादनुमानं प्रवर्त्तते ।
यद्बिम्बविषयं युक्तं तत्रान्यत्कार्यलिङ्गजात् ॥ १४२६ ॥

liṅgācca pratibimbākhyādanumānaṃ pravarttate |
yadbimbaviṣayaṃ yuktaṃ tatrānyatkāryaliṅgajāt || 1426 ||

The inference of the reflected object proceeds on the basis of the inferential indicative in the shape of the reflection; this is only right; and the indicative from which it proceeds is not different from that which rests on the nature of the ‘effect’.—(1426)

Kamalaśīla

Objection:—“In the case where the Reflection leads to the Inference of the object reflected,—the Probans cannot be included under any of the three kinds of Probans,—because the Reflected Image is a non-entity (and has no real existence); hence the definition provided by you is too narrow”.

The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 1426 above]