| Key Term |
trisvabhāva |
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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 |