Niḥsvabhāvatā

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Key Term	niḥsvabhāvatā
In Tibetan Script	ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	निःस्वभावता
Romanized Sanskrit	niḥsvabhāvatā
English Standard	absence of own being
Ives Waldo's English Term	essencelessness
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	The state of lacking a truly independent existence.
Has the Sense of	Since phenomena are dependent on causes and conditions, their mode of being is generally characterized as an absence of self-nature or personally distinct essence.
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	yongs grub kyi ming ste/ bdag gi ngo bo nyid du ma grub pa/

Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.

The nature or essence of a thing, which originates only from itself and is not dependent on any external entities, causes, or conditions.

Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena.