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kun rdzob bden pa; kun rdzob kyi bden pa

Dictionary Definition: 

[tenses]
  • brdzab
  • rdzob
  • brdzabs
  • rdzobs

[translation-san] {MSA} saṃvṛti-satya(ta)

[translation-san] {LCh,ME} saṃvṛtisatya

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} conventional truth; truth-for-a-concealer; concealer-truth; relative truth; truth-for-an-obscured-mind; obscured truth; truth-for-an-obscured-awareness; truth for a conventional [mind]; truth for an obscured [mind]

[definition-bod] mtshad nyid/ don dam par don byed mi nus pa'i chos/

[definition-eng] Def.in the Sūtra School Following Reasoning: a phenomenon that is not ultimately able to perform a function

[comments] Comment: In the Sūtra School Following Reasoning the following are equivalent: conventional truth (kun rdzob bden pa); permanent phenomenon (rtag pa); generally characterized phenomenon (spyi mtshan); phenomenon which is not a [functioning] thing (dngos med kyi chos); uncompounded phenomenon ('dus ma byas kyi chos); unproduced phenomenon (ma byas pa'i chos).

example
  • [bod] shes bya dang rtag dngos gnyis dang 'dus ma byas kyi nam mkha' kun rdzob bden pa yin/
  • [eng] object of knowledge; [the set of] the two—permanent phenomenon and thing; and uncompounded space are conventional truths