DICTIONARY

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kun rdzob

Dictionary Definition: 

[tenses]
  • brdzab
  • rdzob
  • brdzabs
  • rdzobs

[translation-san] {LCh,C,MV,MSA,L} saṃvṛti

[translation-san] {MSA} saṃvṛta

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} conventional [truth]; concealer [truth]; relative [truth]; concealer; conventional; conventionality; fraudulence; concealing [consciousness]; conventions; conventionalities

[division-bod] dbye ba1 btags pa'i kun rdzob/ 2 shes pa'i kun rdzob/ 3 brjod pa'i kun rdzob; yang na: 1 yang dag kun rdzob/ 2 log pa'i kun rdzob

[division-eng] Divisions: (1) imputational conventionalities; (2) mental conventionalities; (3) expressional conventionalities. Also, (1) real/correct conventionalities; (2) unreal/incorrect conventionalities

[comments] Comment: kun rdzob is etymologized three ways: as convention (tha snyad, vyavahāra); as mutual dependence (phan tshun brten pa, parasparasaṃbhavana); and as concealer (sgrib byed, samantādvaraṇa). In the context of the two truths the third etymology is predominant in the Mind-Only and Middle Way Schools in the sense that non-ultimate phenomena seem to be truths for an ignorant consciousness that conceals reality and thus are concealer-truths.""""

example
  • [bod] bum pa la sogs pa'i kun rdzob rnams
  • [eng] conventionalities such as pots and so forth