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|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=The second of the three natures, according to the Cittamātra school. It is the dependent nature that is used to describe the relationship between mind and its objects.
|Glossary-Definition=The second of the three natures, according to the Cittamātra school. It is the dependent nature that is used to describe the relationship between mind and its objects, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter.  Hence, this nature is concerned with the nature of seemingly external objects that arise in dependence upon causes and conditions.
|Glossary-Senses=relatively dependent
|Glossary-Senses=relatively dependent
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=trisvabhāva
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=trisvabhāva
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Revision as of 09:17, 15 May 2018

Key Term paratantrasvabhāva
In Tibetan Script གཞན་དབང་གི་རང་བཞིན་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration gzhan dbang gi rang bzhin
Devanagari Sanskrit Script परतन्त्रस्वभाव
Romanized Sanskrit paratantrasvabhāva
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering zhenwang gi rangzhin
English Standard dependent nature
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term dependent nature
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term other-powered nature
Term Type Noun
Source Language Sanskrit
Basic Meaning The second of the three natures, according to the Cittamātra school. It is the dependent nature that is used to describe the relationship between mind and its objects, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter. Hence, this nature is concerned with the nature of seemingly external objects that arise in dependence upon causes and conditions.
Has the Sense of relatively dependent
Related Terms trisvabhāva
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