Uttaratantra
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Key Term | Uttaratantra |
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Hover Popup Choices | Uttaratantra; Uttaratantraśāstra; Gyü Lama; Gyulama |
In Tibetan Script | རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ |
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | rgyud bla ma |
Devanagari Sanskrit Script | उत्तरतन्त्र |
Romanized Sanskrit | uttaratantra |
Chinese Script | 寶性論 |
Chinese Pinyin | bǎo xìng lùn |
English Standard | Ultimate Continuum |
Term Type | Text |
Source Language | Sanskrit |
Basic Meaning | The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. |
Has the Sense of | There is extensive discussion of the title in multiple academic sources. For further information about the text and its title, please see the entry for this text, Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. And for a short essay on the translation of this term, see "Continuum vs. Teachings." |
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