Sanskrit Noun
paratantrasvabhāva
dependent nature
परतन्त्रस्वभाव
གཞན་དབང་གི་རང་བཞིན་
Basic Meaning
The second of the three natures, according to the Yogācāra school. It is the dependent nature that is used to describe the relationship between mind and its objects, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter. Hence, this nature is concerned with the nature of seemingly external objects that arise in dependence upon causes and conditions.
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| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | paratantrasvabhāva |
| Topic Variation | paratantrasvabhāva |
| Tibetan | གཞན་དབང་གི་རང་བཞིན་ ( zhenwang gi rangzhin) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | gzhan dbang gi rang bzhin ( zhenwang gi rangzhin) |
| Devanagari Sanskrit | परतन्त्रस्वभाव |
| Romanized Sanskrit | paratantrasvabhāva |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | dependent nature |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | dependent nature |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | other-powered nature |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | The second of the three natures, according to the Yogācāra school. It is the dependent nature that is used to describe the relationship between mind and its objects, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter. Hence, this nature is concerned with the nature of seemingly external objects that arise in dependence upon causes and conditions. |
| Related Terms | trisvabhāva |
| Term Type | Noun |
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