Prasajyapratiṣedha
| Key Term | prasajyapratiṣedha |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | མེད་དགག་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | med dgag |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | प्रसज्यप्रतिषेध |
| Romanized Sanskrit | prasajyapratiṣedha |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | me gak |
| English Standard | non-implicative negation |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | nonimplicative negation |
| Richard Barron's English Term | unqualified negation |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | non-affirming negation |
| Dan Martin's English Term | absolute negation (exclusion negation) |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | refuting as being nonexistent |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | A negation that merely denies the existence of something, without implicitly suggesting an alternative. |
| Definitions | |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | dgag pa'i nang gses/ rang dngos su rtogs pa'i blo'am rang brjod pa'i sgras rang gi dgag bya dngos su bcad tsam gyis rtogs par bya ba ste/ gang zag gi bdag med lta bu/ bdag bkag pa'i shul du don gzhan mi 'phen pa'o/ |
| Other Definitions |
A nonimplicative negation is simply denial, like the denial of essence or identity, without implying anything else or deferring that essence to some “other.” ....when we consider the classic example of a nonimplicative negation, “Brahmins should not drink alcohol,” we can see how the connotative force of this negation is simple denial devoid of implication.
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