[If you ask “how can abhava (non-existence) be an object of sense perception at all,” we reply] that its sense-perception is possible bacause the relation between the eye and its object, which is necessary in every act of perception, is here fulfilled (in the case of an absent jar,) at second hand by the relation between the spot of ground and the said absence, which we call the distinguishing relation.(from Nyaya Kusumanjali by Udayana) )
This seems to be another dormitive explanation. Not being seen at a certain locus is due to the special relationship of not being seen at that location which pertains to that object and the locus.
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