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|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 879: In Sanskrit, “self-nature,” “intrinsic existence,” or “inherent existence,” the term has a general sense of “essence” or “nature,” but is used in philosophical literature.
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Key Term svabhāva
In Tibetan Script རང་བཞིན་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration rang bzhin
Devanagari Sanskrit Script स्वभाव
Romanized Sanskrit svabhāva
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering rangzhin
Chinese Script 自性
Chinese Pinyin zìxìng
English Standard intrinsic nature
Richard Barron's English Term nature of being
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term inherent nature
Dan Martin's English Term own-ness
Ives Waldo's English Term intrinsic; ordinary; spontaneous
Term Type Noun
Source Language Sanskrit
Basic Meaning intrinsic nature
Has the Sense of natural, ordinary expression of a thing
Definitions
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism See page 879: In Sanskrit, “self-nature,” “intrinsic existence,” or “inherent existence,” the term has a general sense of “essence” or “nature,” but is used in philosophical literature.
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term An inherently existent and independent entity of the individual self or of phenomena. Something that can serve as a valid basis for individual attributes.
Other Definitions Richard Barron: the very nature of things