A term that refers to the activity of superimposition or imputing characteristics to things that they do not possess. A paradigm case in Buddhism is the imputation of a singular, self-existent, enduring self to the transient bundle of skandhas that make up a person.

The activity of imputing characteristics to things that they do not possess. A paradigmatic case in Buddhism is the imputation of a singular, self-existent, enduring self to the transient bundle of aggregates that make up a person.

To superimpose inherent existence upon something that does not exist inherently.

To superimpose existence upon something that does not exist; adherents of eternalist views superimpose existence upon something that does not exist. They grasp at a concrete reality. The opposite is the view of nihilists, which denies the existence of phenomena.