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dbang mngon

Dictionary Definition: 

[translation-san] indriya-pratyakṣa

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} sense direct perception/perceiver

[definition-bod] mtshan nyidrang gi thun mong ma yin pa'i bdag rkyen dbang po gzugs can pa las skyes pa'i rtog pa dang bral zhing ma 'khrul ba'i rig pa/

[definition-eng] Definition: an awareness which is non-mistaken and free from conceptuality, and is produced from its own uncommon empowering condition, a physical sense-power{BR}

[division-bod] dbye ba1 gzugs 'dzin dbang mngon/ 2 sgra 'dzin dbang mngon/ 3 dri 'dzin dbang mngon/ 4 ro 'dzin dbang mngon/ 5 reg bya 'dzin pa'i dbang mngon/

[division-eng] Divisions: (1) sense direct perception apprehending a form; (2) sense direct perception apprehending a sound; (3) sense direct perception apprehending smell; (4) sense direct perception apprehending taste; (5) sense direct perception apprehending a tangible object{BR}

synonym
  • [bod] dbang po'i mngon sum

[comments] one of the four types of direct perceiver (mngon sum); the others are: (1) mental direct perception (yid mngon); (2) self-knowing direct perception (rang rig mnon sum); (3) yogic direct perception (rnal 'byor mnon sum)