Uttaratantra
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| Key Term | Uttaratantra |
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| Hover Popup Choices | Uttaratantra; Uttaratantraśāstra; Gyü Lama; Gyulama |
| In Tibetan Script | རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | rgyud bla ma |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | उत्तरतन्त्र |
| Romanized Sanskrit | uttaratantra |
| Chinese Script | 寶性論 |
| Chinese Pinyin | bǎo xìng lùn |
| English Standard | Ultimate Continuum |
| Term Type | Text |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. |
| Has the Sense of | There is extensive discussion of the title in multiple academic sources. For further information about the text and its title, please see the entry for this text, Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. And for a short essay on the translation of this term, see "Continuum vs. Teachings." |
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