Dharmatā

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Key Term	dharmatā
In Tibetan Script	ཆོས་ཉིད་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	chos nyid
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	धर्मता
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	chönyi
Chinese Script	法性
Chinese Pinyin	fǎ xìng
Japanese Transliteration	hosshō
English Standard	nature of reality
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term	nature of phenomena
Richard Barron's English Term	nature of phenomena; true nature of phenomena
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	reality; quality; noumenon; real nature; actuality; nature; final reality
Dan Martin's English Term	real condition of existence
Gyurme Dorje's English Term	actual reality
Ives Waldo's English Term	the nature emptiness
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	The true nature of phenomenal existence.
Related Terms	Tathatā
Definitions
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism	See page 252: In Sanskrit, “the nature of reality,” or “the nature of things,” interpreted in Chinese as the “dharma-nature”; the intrinsic nature (svabhāva) of dharmas, which is constant (nitya) and transcends all discriminative phenomena. Dharmatā is also sometimes used to mean “the way things are,” and is used interchangeably with other terms that have the connotation of “the real nature of things,” such as “suchness,” or “things as they are” (tathatā), dharma realm (dharmadhātu), emptiness (śūnyatā), the “real end” (bhūtakoṭi ), ultimate truth (paramārthasatya), etc., and is sometimes used in compound with those terms.
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term	1) nature, innate nature, true nature of reality, dharmata, real condition of existence, reality, isness, nature-of-things, fact, [absolute / true nature], nature of things, the actual nature of phenomena, real nature. 2) quality, character, law, pure being, [in context of ultimate nature] - nature [in mundane context]. the great emptiness of all things. the ultimate content of what is. dharmata, reality; pure being, [in context of ultimate nature] - nature [in mundane context]. intrinsic nature [thd]
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	1) rang gshis sam rang bzhin/ ... lo rgyus kyi chos nyid/ ... 'bad rtsol la ma brten par rang 'dod 'bras bu chos nyid kyis 'thob mi yong/ ... 2) rang bzhin stong pa nyid/ ...

The nature or essence of a thing, which originates only from itself and is not dependent on any external entities, causes, or conditions.

Suchness itself, absolute reality, or thusness, as in the ultimate state of being of phenomena.

The fundamental expanse from which all phenomena emerge.

The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.

"Ultimate truth" or "absolute truth"; the reality of things as they truly are.