Ātmaka

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Key Term	dak nyi chen
In Tibetan Script	བདག་ཉིད་ཅན་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	bdag nyid can
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	आत्मक
Romanized Sanskrit	ātmaka
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	dak nyi chen
English Standard	embodiment
Richard Barron's English Term	true characteristic
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Tibetan
Basic Meaning	Literally, the state of possessing a self, it is usually used to denote something which is endowed with a certain innate, or natural, attribute.
Has the Sense of	That which embodies something or other.
Definitions

Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena.

Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena.

Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena.