Key Terms/niḥsvabhāva

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निःस्वभाव niḥsvabhāva
lacking intrinsic nature
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་
ngo bo nyid med pa
Sanskrit - Adjective
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Basic Meaning

Lacking inherent existence.

In other languages
Tibetan
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་
ngo bo nyid med pa
Sanskrit
निःस्वभाव
niḥsvabhāva
How translators render it
lacking intrinsic natureBuddha-nature Standard
lack of natureKarl Brunnhölzl
absence of independent natureRichard Barron
non-natureJeffrey Hopkins
entitynesslessIves Waldo
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Has the sense of

The selflessness of phenomena.

In other languages
Tibetan
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་
ngo bo nyid med pa
Sanskrit
निःस्वभाव
niḥsvabhāva
How translators render it
lacking intrinsic natureBuddha-nature Standard
lack of natureKarl Brunnhölzl
absence of independent natureRichard Barron
non-natureJeffrey Hopkins
entitynesslessIves Waldo
In the dictionaries
Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary

no entityness, unreality; lack of inherent existence, realitylessness, non-entityness, essenceless. Syn {rang bzhin med pa}; entitynessless

Term type
Adjective
Source language
Sanskrit
Topic
niḥsvabhāva
Synonyms
rang bzhin med pa
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