The Sautrāntika critic (as reconstructed by Dharmakīrti in Pramāṇavārttika) correctly notes that systematically correlated dream experiences across sentient beings demand a mind-independent explanatory basis that pure vijñāna-streams cannot supply.

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Dharmakīrti(as the originator of the doctrine being discussed): An influential Indian Buddhist philosopher from the 7th century CE who developed important theories about how we know things and how the mind works.
Pramāṇavārttika(as the source text being referenced): A major philosophical text written by Dharmakīrti that discusses theories of knowledge and how we can trust our beliefs.
Sautrāntika(a historical philosophical tradition): An ancient Buddhist philosophical school (founded around the 4th century) that developed its own theory about how perception works and what we can know about reality.
mind-independent explanatory basis(as what the critic argues dreams must have as their source): Something that exists and causes effects outside of any individual person's thoughts or consciousness—something real beyond just thoughts.
systematically correlated(describing how dream experiences line up in consistent ways): When different things follow predictable patterns that match up with each other across many cases.
vijñāna-streams(as what some philosophers thought might be the only reality): In Buddhist philosophy, the continuous flow of a person's individual conscious experiences and perceptions that make up their awareness.

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