• ཆོས་ཀྱི་མཚན་ཉིད།
  • chos kyi mtshan nyid
  • dharmalakṣaṇa
  • Term
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  • characteristics of phenomena
  • ཆོས་ཀྱི་མཚན་ཉིད།
  • chos kyi mtshan nyid
  • dharmalakṣaṇa
Definition in this text:

The defining characteristics (lakṣaṇa) of phenomena (dharma). The term lakṣaṇa is used in a variety of contexts to indicates the primary characteristic or defining feature of any particular phenomena; for instance the lakṣaṇa of fire is that it is hot and burning.