Key Terms/Niḥsvabhāva
From Bodhicitta
निःस्वभाव niḥsvabhāva
lacking intrinsic nature
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་
ngo bo nyid med pa
Sanskrit - Adjective
1·Discover
Basic Meaning
Lacking inherent existence.
2·Explore
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
