Niḥsvabhāvatā
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Key Term | niḥsvabhāvatā |
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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 |
Basic Meaning | The state of lacking a truly independent existence. |
Has the Sense of | Since phenomena are dependent on causes and conditions, their mode of being is generally characterized as an absence of self-nature or personally distinct essence. |
Definitions | |
Tshig mdzod Chen mo | yongs grub kyi ming ste/ bdag gi ngo bo nyid du ma grub pa/ |