Nītārtha

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Key Term	nītārtha
In Tibetan Script	ངེས་དོན་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	nges don
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	नीतार्थ
Romanized Sanskrit	nītārtha
English Standard	definitive meaning
Ives Waldo's English Term	true meaning
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	Refers to a teaching that is literally true
Related Terms	neyārtha
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	gdul bya khyad par can rnams kyi ngor/ chos thams cad kyi chos nyid skye 'gag sogs spros pa dang bral ba'i don zab mo stong pa nyid dang/ dngos po gshis kyi gnas lugs rang bzhin gyis 'od gsal zhing smra bsam brjod pa thams cad las 'das pa'i don ston pa rnams dang/ de ston byed gsung rab dgongs 'grel dang bcas pa'o/
Further Reading Material	LIPMAN, KENNARD. ""NĪTĀRTHA", "NEYĀRTHA", AND "TATHĀGATAGARBHA" IN TIBET." Journal of Indian Philosophy 8, no. 1 (1980): 87-95.

Refers to a teaching that is literally true.

In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas.