84000 Glossary of Terms
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དྲང་བའི་དོན། | Glossary of Terms
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དྲང་དོན།
- དྲང་བའི་དོན།
- drang ba’i don
- drang don
- neyārtha
- Term
Publications: 2
Translation by Robert A. F. Thurman
- interpretable meaning
- དྲང་དོན།
- drang don
- neyārtha
See “definitive meaning.”
Translation by Zachary Beer
- provisional meaning
- དྲང་བའི་དོན།
- drang ba’i don
- neyārtha
A statement that is context-specific or which which requires further explanation. Contrasted with “definitive meaning.”