niḥsvabhāva

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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Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits

Deguchi, Yasuo, Jay L. Garfield, and Graham Priest. "Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits." Philosophy East and West 63, no. 3 (2013): 387–98.

Deguchi, Yasuo, Jay L. Garfield, and Graham Priest. "Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits." Philosophy East and West 63, no. 3 (2013): 387–98.

Deguchi, Yasuo, Jay L. Garfield, and Graham Priest. "Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits." Philosophy East and West 63, no. 3 (2013): 387–98.; Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits; Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits; Buddha-nature of insentient things; Nāgārjuna; śūnyatā; niḥsvabhāva; Yasuo Deguchi; Jay L. Garfield;Graham Priest;

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Term Variations
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
Synonyms	rang bzhin med pa