84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཀུན་བརྟགས་པའི་མཚན་ཉིད། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཀུན་བརྟགས་པའི་མཚན་ཉིད།

  • kun brtags pa’i mtshan nyid
  • pari­kalpita­lakṣaṇa
  • Term
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  • imaginary defining characteristic
  • ཀུན་བརྟགས་པའི་མཚན་ཉིད།
  • kun brtags pa’i mtshan nyid
  • pari­kalpita­lakṣaṇa
Definition in this text:

The imaginary defining characteristic corresponds to the attribution of an essence, an inherent entity, to that which is by nature dependent on an other (paratantra) to exist or appear as what it is perceived to be.