Difference between revisions of "Svabhāva"
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|Glossary-Tibetan=རང་བཞིན་ | |Glossary-Tibetan=རང་བཞིན་ | ||
|Glossary-Wylie=rang bzhin | |Glossary-Wylie=rang bzhin | ||
| + | |Glossary-Phonetic=rangzhin | ||
|Glossary-Devanagari=स्वभाव | |Glossary-Devanagari=स्वभाव | ||
|Glossary-Sanskrit=svabhāva | |Glossary-Sanskrit=svabhāva | ||
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|Glossary-EnglishDM=own-ness | |Glossary-EnglishDM=own-ness | ||
|Glossary-EnglishIW=intrinsic; ordinary; spontaneous | |Glossary-EnglishIW=intrinsic; ordinary; spontaneous | ||
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|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | |Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | ||
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | |Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | ||
| − | |Glossary-Definition= | + | |Glossary-Definition=The nature or essence of a thing, which originates only from itself and is not dependent on any external entities, causes or conditions. |
| − | |Glossary-Senses= | + | |Glossary-Senses=An innate quality that establishes the independent existence of an entity, which is typically refuted in the Madhyamaka notion of emptiness. |
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 879: In Sanskrit, “self-nature,” “intrinsic existence,” or “inherent existence,” the term has a general sense of “essence” or “nature,” but is used in philosophical literature. | |Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 879: In Sanskrit, “self-nature,” “intrinsic existence,” or “inherent existence,” the term has a general sense of “essence” or “nature,” but is used in philosophical literature. | ||
|Glossary-EnglishRY=An inherently existent and independent entity of the individual self or of phenomena. Something that can serve as a valid basis for individual attributes. | |Glossary-EnglishRY=An inherently existent and independent entity of the individual self or of phenomena. Something that can serve as a valid basis for individual attributes. | ||
|Glossary-DefinitionOther=Richard Barron: the very nature of things | |Glossary-DefinitionOther=Richard Barron: the very nature of things | ||
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Revision as of 10:16, 28 September 2018
| Key Term | svabhāva |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | རང་བཞིན་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | rang bzhin |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | स्वभाव |
| Romanized Sanskrit | svabhāva |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | rangzhin |
| Chinese Script | 自性 |
| Chinese Pinyin | zìxìng |
| English Standard | intrinsic nature |
| Richard Barron's English Term | nature of being |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | inherent nature |
| Dan Martin's English Term | own-ness |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | intrinsic; ordinary; spontaneous |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | The nature or essence of a thing, which originates only from itself and is not dependent on any external entities, causes or conditions. |
| Has the Sense of | An innate quality that establishes the independent existence of an entity, which is typically refuted in the Madhyamaka notion of emptiness. |
| Definitions | |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | See page 879: In Sanskrit, “self-nature,” “intrinsic existence,” or “inherent existence,” the term has a general sense of “essence” or “nature,” but is used in philosophical literature. |
| Rangjung Yeshe's English Term | An inherently existent and independent entity of the individual self or of phenomena. Something that can serve as a valid basis for individual attributes. |
| Other Definitions | Richard Barron: the very nature of things |