Niḥsvabhāva
| Key Term | niḥsvabhāva |
|---|---|
| Hover Popup Choices | lack of nature |
| In Tibetan Script | ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | ngo bo nyid med pa |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | निःस्वभाव |
| Romanized Sanskrit | niḥsvabhāva |
| English Standard | lacking intrinsic nature |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | lack of nature |
| Richard Barron's English Term | absence of independent nature |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | non-nature |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | entitynessless |
| Term Type | Adjective |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Lacking inherent existence. |
| Has the Sense of | The selflessness of phenomena. |
| Definitions | |
| Rangjung Yeshe's English Term | no entityness, unreality; lack of inherent existence, realitylessness, non-entityness, essenceless. Syn {rang bzhin med pa}; entitynessless |
| Synonyms | rang bzhin med pa |