 Dignāga’s canonical syllogism, like that of Vasubandhu, has neither an application statement nor a conclusion statement. However, unlike that of Vasubandhu, it has two example statements. Each example statement comprises a universal statement and a phrase naming something. In the case of the statement of similarity example, the universal statement asserts that whatever has the property adduced as a reason (hetu) has the property to be established (sādhya-dharma), which is mentioned in the syllogism’s thesis, while the phrase names something, distinct from the subject (pakṣa), yet similar to it with respect to the property to be established (sādhya-dharma), and has the property adduced as the reason. The example named is said to be subject-like (sa-pakṣa). In the case of the statement of dissimilarity example, the universal statement asserts that whatever does not have the property to be established (sādhya-dharma) does not have the property adduced as a reason (hetu) and the phrase names something dissimilar to subject with respect to the property to be established and not having the property adduced as the reason. The example named here is said to be subject-unlike (vi-pakṣa). Finally, Dignāga seems to have added a word to the formulation of the universal statement, namely, the word observed (dṛṣṭa), the past passive participle of the verb to see (dṛś), which means not only to see but also to observe, to notice and even to know. Hereafter, we shall refer to a syllogism’s reason statement as its minor premiss and the universal statement in its example statement as its major premiss.