མེད་པ། | Glossary of Terms

མེད་པ།

med pa

asattva

Term

Publications: 2

Appears in our translations as:

1

nonexistent

The Questions of Rāṣṭrapāla (2)

nonexistent

མེད་པ།

med pa

Definition in this text:

In this sūtra, this term refers to the lack of a particular mode of existence. Insofar as all dharmas are empty, they lack inherent or independent existence. It is in this sense that such things as the eye are said to be nonexistent in this sūtra.

2 passages contain this term

1

not a state of being

The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines

not a state of being

མེད་པ།

med pa

asattva

1 passage contains this term

Types of attestation for names and terms of the corresponding source language

AS

Attested in source text

This term is attested in a manuscript used as a source for this translation.

AO

Attested in other text

This term is attested in other manuscripts with a parallel or similar context.

AD

Attested in dictionary

This term is attested in dictionaries matching Tibetan to the corresponding language.

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

This term is a reconstruction based on the semantics of the Tibetan translation.

SU

Source unspecified

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