prasajyapratiṣedha

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Sanskrit Noun

prasajyapratiṣedha

nonimplicative negation
प्रसज्यप्रतिषेध
མེད་དགག་

Basic Meaning

A negation that merely denies the existence of something without implicitly suggesting an alternative.

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Term Variations
Key Term prasajyapratiṣedha
Topic Variation prasajyapratiṣedha
Tibetan མེད་དགག་  ( me gak)
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration med dgag  ( me gak)
Devanagari Sanskrit प्रसज्यप्रतिषेध
Romanized Sanskrit prasajyapratiṣedha
Buddha-nature Site Standard English nonimplicative negation
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term nonimplicative negation
Richard Barron's English Term unqualified negation
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term non-affirming negation, non-affirming negative
Dan Martin's English Term absolute negation (exclusion negation)
Gyurme Dorje's English Term explicit negation
Ives Waldo's English Term refuting as being nonexistent
Term Information
Source Language Sanskrit
Basic Meaning A negation that merely denies the existence of something without implicitly suggesting an alternative.
Related Terms paryudāsapratiṣedha
Term Type Noun
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo dgag pa'i nang gses/ rang dngos su rtogs pa'i blo'am rang brjod pa'i sgras rang gi dgag bya dngos su bcad tsam gyis rtogs par bya ba ste/ gang zag gi bdag med lta bu/ bdag bkag pa'i shul du don gzhan mi 'phen pa'o/