CC MADHYA 20.356
'svarūpa'-lakṣaṇa, āra 'taṭastha-lakṣaṇa'
ei dui lakṣaṇe 'vastu' jāne muni-gaṇa
SYNONYMS

svarūpa-lakṣaṇa—the personal characteristics; āra—and; taṭastha-lakṣaṇa—the marginal characteristics; ei dui lakṣaṇe—by these two symptoms; vastu—an object; jāne—know; muni-gaṇa—the great sages.

TRANSLATION

"By two symptoms-personal characteristics and marginal characteristics-the great sages can understand an object.