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|Glossary-EnglishJH=conventional truth | |Glossary-EnglishJH=conventional truth | ||
|Glossary-EnglishIW=relative truth | |Glossary-EnglishIW=relative truth | ||
|Glossary-Phonetic=kun dzop denpa | |||
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | |Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | ||
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | |Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | ||
|Glossary-Senses= | |Glossary-Definition=It can refer to both commonly accepted realities and to a superficial level of truth that conceals the ultimate truth. | ||
|Glossary-Senses=Reality as it is experienced by ordinary people. | |||
|Glossary-DidYouKnow=Saṃvṛtisatya is also understood to mean the unavoidable domain through which sentient beings must navigate and communicate with one another in the mundane world. Thus buddhas and bodhisattvas use their knowledge of conventional truths to teach unenlightened beings and lead them away from suffering. - Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | |||
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=paramārthasatya | |||
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Revision as of 14:14, 16 May 2018
| Key Term | saṃvṛtisatya |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | ཀུན་རྫོབ་བདེན་པ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | kun rdzob bden pa |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | संवृतिसत्य |
| Romanized Sanskrit | saṃvṛtisatya |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | kun dzop denpa |
| Chinese Script | 世俗諦; 俗諦 |
| Chinese Pinyin | shì sú dì; sú dì |
| Japanese Transliteration | sezokutai; zokutai |
| English Standard | relative truth |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | seeming reality |
| Richard Barron's English Term | relative (level of) truth |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | conventional truth |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | relative truth |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | It can refer to both commonly accepted realities and to a superficial level of truth that conceals the ultimate truth. |
| Has the Sense of | Reality as it is experienced by ordinary people. |
| Did you know? | Saṃvṛtisatya is also understood to mean the unavoidable domain through which sentient beings must navigate and communicate with one another in the mundane world. Thus buddhas and bodhisattvas use their knowledge of conventional truths to teach unenlightened beings and lead them away from suffering. - Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |
| Related Terms | paramārthasatya |
| Definitions | |