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rang bzhin

Dictionary Definition: 

[translation-san] {LCh,C,MSA} svabhāva

[translation-san] {C} svabhāvaka

[translation-san] {C} svabhāvatva

[translation-san] {C} svābhāvya

[translation-san] {MSA} svābhāvika

[translation-san] {C} jāta

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

[translation-san] {N} svarūpa

[translation-san] {MSA} -maya (e.g.: pāramitā-maya)

[translation-san] {C} -mayin

[translation-san] ātmaka

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} nature; own-being; inherent existence; exist inherently{BJ 20.3}; fundamental nature; inherent nature

[translation-eng] {C} final nature [e.g.: evaṃ svabhāva, of such an own-being; abhāva-svabhāva, non-existent own-nature]; natural; essential; essence; in its own-being; state of own-being; made; consists of; grows; has become; (there has been) born

synonym
  • [bod] mtshan nyid/ rang bzhin/ gnas lugs/ yin lugs/ sdod lugs/ shis lugs/ yin tshul/ gnas tshul/ yin tshod/ gnas tshod/
example
  • [bod] chos rnams gyi rang gi rang bzhin yod kyang
  • [eng] although phenomena have their [own] nature{DASI 593.5}
example
  • [bod] rang bzhin gzhan du 'gyur ba ni/ nam yang 'thad par mi 'gyur ro/
  • [eng] Change of a nature is never feasible. (prakṛter anyathābhāvo na hi jātūpapadyate) [MMK, XV.8cd, 19; DBU, 6.3.5-6]
example
  • [bod] rang bzhin dag ni bcos min
  • [eng] Nature is non-fabricated. (akṛtrimaḥ svabhāvo) [MMK, XV.2cd]
example
  • [bod] gzhan gyi dngos po yod na ni rang bzhin yang yod par 'gyur/
  • [eng] If they had an other-being, they would also have own-being. (sati ca parabhāve svabhāvo 'pi bhaviṣyati) [PP, 265.15]
example
  • [bod] dngos po rnams kyi rang bzhin du gyur pa skye ba med pa
  • [eng] this lack of production, which is the nature of things (bhāvānāmanutpādātmakaḥ) [PP, 265.7-8]