དྲང་བའི་དོན། | Glossary of Terms

དྲང་དོན།
དྲང་བའི་དོན།

drang ba’i don
drang don

neyārtha

Term

Publications: 2

Appears in our translations as:

1

interpretable meaning

The Teaching of Vimalakīrti

interpretable meaning

དྲང་དོན།

drang don

neyārtha

Definition in this text:

See “definitive meaning.”

3 passages contain this term

1

provisional meaning

The Seal of Engagement in Awakening the Power of Faith

provisional meaning

དྲང་བའི་དོན།

drang ba’i don

neyārtha

Definition in this text:

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1 passage contains this term

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AS

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AO

Attested in other text

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AD

Attested in dictionary

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AA

Approximate attestation

The attestation of this name is approximate. It is based on other names where the relationship between the Tibetan and source language is attested in dictionaries or other manuscripts.

RP

Reconstruction from Tibetan phonetic rendering

This term is a reconstruction based on the Tibetan phonetic rendering of the term.

RS

Reconstruction from Tibetan semantic rendering

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SU

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