Key Terms/niḥsvabhāvatā

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निःस्वभावता niḥsvabhāvatā
absence of own being
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Sanskrit - Noun
1·Discover

Basic Meaning

The state of lacking a truly independent existence.

In other languages
Tibetan
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Sanskrit
निःस्वभावता
niḥsvabhāvatā
How translators render it
absence of own beingBuddha-nature Standard
essencelessnessIves Waldo
2·Explore

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.

In other languages
Tibetan
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Sanskrit
निःस्वभावता
niḥsvabhāvatā
How translators render it
absence of own beingBuddha-nature Standard
essencelessnessIves Waldo
In the dictionaries
Tshig mdzod chen mo

yongs grub kyi ming ste/ bdag gi ngo bo nyid du ma grub pa/

Term type
Noun
Source language
Sanskrit
Topic
niḥsvabhāvatā