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Pratipakṣa + (An antidote or remedy that contributes or supports the elimination or pacification of a particular ailment or affliction.)
Nirmāṇakāya + (An fully enlightened Buddha is said to hav … An fully enlightened Buddha is said to have the power to manifest in many forms in order to help the sentient beings. The emanation body of a buddha, as the third of the three bodies of a buddha, refers to the many forms in which a buddha can manifest and which are accessible to ordinary sentient beings. Buddhist scholars present four types of emanation bodies: emanation as supreme being, emanation as rebirth, emanation as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.)
Svasaṃvedana + (An important term for the Yogācāra that re … An important term for the Yogācāra that refers to a consciousness of consciousness itself, or how one knows that they know something. It was a hotly debated topic that was disputed by followers of the Madhyamaka. In Tibet it would later become a common Dzogchen term, though with the entirely different meaning of one's own innate awareness (''rig pa''), a crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.)
ARIRIAB + (Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University)
Sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā + (As opposed to a mere voidness, this phrase refers to an emptiness that is endowed with enlightened qualities and attributes.)
AP + (Asian Philosophy)
AS + (Asiatische Studien)
AMS + (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra)
Aṣṭa + (Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā)
BhK I + (Bhāvanākrama I)
BPPB + (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica)
BCA + (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
BCAP + (Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā)
Bobh + (Bodhisattvabhūmi)
CŚT + (Bodhisattvayogācāracatuḥśatakaṭīkā)
Brahman + (Brahman is the universal principle, suprem … Brahman is the universal principle, supreme truth or ultimate reality in the Hindu religion considered to be absolute, eternal and blissful. A metaphysical concept, it is described as the single binding unity behind the diversity of all that exists. In Buddhism, while this metaphysical principle is not presented, one finds frequent mention of the deity named Brahmā, who is the personification of this principle. is the personification of this principle.)
Tathāgatagarbha + (Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness).")
BDRC + (Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://www.tbrc.org/)
BHSG + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 1)
BHSD + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 2)
BEFEO + (Bulletin d'École Française d'Extrême-Orient)
BSOAS + (Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies)
Kālacakra + (Can refer to either the ''Kālacakra Tantra'' and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered.)
Caturmudrā + (Caturmudrāviniścaya)
CSS + (Catuḥstavasamāsārtha)

CAJ + (Central Asiatic Journal)

CNRS + (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Sems nyid + (Commonly found in Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā literature, this term denotes the true, natural state of mind as it is. Often used in these traditions as a synonym for buddha-nature.)
Triyāna + (Commonly seen in a Mahāyāna context, the t … Commonly seen in a Mahāyāna context, the three vehicles are the Śrāvakayāna, Pratyekabuddhayāna, and Bodhisattvayāna, which reference the three different types of Buddhist practitioners. However, these three vehicles can also reference the three types of Buddhist teachings of the Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna (or Pāramitāyāna), and the Vajrayāna.yāna (or Pāramitāyāna), and the Vajrayāna.)
BA (Tib) + (Deb ther sngon po)
DhDhV + (Dharmadharmatāvibhāga)
DhDhS + (Dharmadhātustava)
DIR + (Dhāraṇīśvararājasūtra)
DSBC + (Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon, a project of the University of the West http://www.dsbcproject.org/canon-text/content/575/2687)
Gotra + (Disposition, lineage, or class; an individual's ''gotra'' determines the type of enlightenment one is destined to attain.)
DohaPañj + (Dohakośapañjikā)
Dzogchen + (Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition.)
Bodhi + (Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it … Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it is translated as "purified" (''byang'') and "perfected" (''chub''), which corresponds to Siddhartha Gautama's achievement of purifying all obscurations and perfecting or attaining all qualities associated with a buddha.ng all qualities associated with a buddha.)
Ngo bo + (Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for ''rang bzhin''.)
EA + (Etudes Asiatiques)
Niṣprapañca + (Freedom from conceptual elaborations.)
GV + (Gaṇḍavyūha)
GCBS + (Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies)
GRETL + (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/)
HJAS + (Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies)
HV + (Hevajra-tantra-rāja-nāma)
HL + (Himalayan Linguistics)
HR + (History of Religions)
Prabhāsvaratā + (In a general sense, that which clears away … In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas. techniques of the completion-stage yogas.)
Guṇapāramitā + (In the ''Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra'' it is explained that the dharmakāya of a buddha possesses the four perfect qualities of purity, bliss, permanence, and self.)
Pramāṇa + (In the Buddhist literature on pramāṇa, it refers to cognition that correctly apprehends its object without any deception or mistake. Such correct cognition include direct perception and inferential cognition.)