Niḥsvabhāvatā

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Key Term	niḥsvabhāvatā
In Tibetan Script	ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	निःस्वभावता
Romanized Sanskrit	niḥsvabhāvatā
English Standard	absence of own being
Ives Waldo's English Term	essencelessness
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	yongs grub kyi ming ste/ bdag gi ngo bo nyid du ma grub pa/

Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.

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.