• dngos
• stobs
• kyi
• rjes
• dpag

[translation-san] *vastubalānumāna

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} inference through the power of the fact/thing; inferential cognition through the power of the fact/thing

[definition-bod] mtshan nyidrang gi rten dngos stobs kyi rtags yang dag la brten nas rang gi gzhal bya cung zad lkog gyur la mi slu ba'i zhen rig

[definition-eng] Def.:a determinative knower which--depending upon its basis, a correct sign by the power of the fact--is incontrovertible with respect to its object of comprehension, a slightly hidden phenomenon

[comments] Comment: This is one of the three divisions of inference (rjes dpag)—inference through power of the fact (dngos stobs rjes dpag), inference through renown (grags pa'i rjes dpag), and inference through belief (yid ches rjes dpag).