Dictionary Definition:
[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).
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