Trisvabhāva
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| Key Term | trisvabhāva |
|---|---|
| Hover Popup Choices | three natures; trisvabhāva |
| In Tibetan Script | རང་བཞིན་གསུམ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | rang bzhin gsum |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | त्रिस्वभाव |
| Romanized Sanskrit | trisvabhāva |
| English Standard | three natures |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | three natures |
| Gyurme Dorje's English Term | three natures; three essential natures |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | According to the Yogācāra school, all phenomena can be divided into three natures or characteristics: the imaginary nature (parikalpitasvabhāva), the dependent nature (paratantrasvabhāva), and the perfect or absolute nature (pariniṣpannasvabhāva). |
| Related Terms | parikalpitasvabhāva;paratantrasvabhāva;pariniṣpannasvabhāva |
| Definitions | |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | shes bya sems tsam pa'i lugs la thams cad mtshan nyid gsum du bsdus pa ste/ kun tu brtags pa'i mtshan nyid dang/ gzhan gyi dbang gi mtshan nyid/ yongs su grub pa'i mtshan nyid bcas so/ |
| Synonyms | trilakṣana |
