niḥsvabhāva
From Buddha-Nature
Sanskrit Adjective
niḥsvabhāva
lacking intrinsic nature
निःस्वभाव
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་
Basic Meaning
Lacking inherent existence.
Has the Sense of
The selflessness of phenomena.
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Term Variations | |
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Key Term | niḥsvabhāva |
Topic Variation | niḥsvabhāva |
Tibetan | ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ |
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | ngo bo nyid med pa |
Devanagari Sanskrit | निःस्वभाव |
Romanized Sanskrit | niḥsvabhāva |
Buddha-nature Site Standard English | lacking intrinsic nature |
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | lack of nature |
Richard Barron's English Term | absence of independent nature |
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | non-nature |
Ives Waldo's English Term | entitynessless |
Term Information | |
Source Language | Sanskrit |
Basic Meaning | Lacking inherent existence. |
Has the Sense of | The selflessness of phenomena. |
Term Type | Adjective |
Definitions | |
Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary | no entityness, unreality; lack of inherent existence, realitylessness, non-entityness, essenceless. Syn {rang bzhin med pa}; entitynessless |
Synonyms | rang bzhin med pa |