A thing's capacity to perform a function (arthakriyākāritva) can serve as the criterion for conventional existence independently of whether that thing possesses svalakṣaṇa in an intrinsically real sense.

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arthakriyākāritva(as used in Buddhist and Indian philosophy): A Sanskrit term meaning 'capacity to perform a function' or 'causal effectiveness'—basically, the ability of something to do something or have an effect in the world.
criterion for conventional existence(as used in metaphysics and epistemology): A standard or test used to decide whether something counts as real in everyday, practical terms (as opposed to being real in some deeper, ultimate sense).
intrinsically real(Contrasted with non-intrinsic, illusory existence): Having a nature or existence that is self-grounded and independent, as erroneously attributed to conventional entities by ordinary beings.
svalakṣaṇa(Bhāvaviveka's critique of Mādhyamika, concerning the two-truths framework): Intrinsic and unique particulars; the defining characteristic by which conventional reality is posited as intrinsically and uniquely real.

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