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dgag pa

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[tenses]
  • dgag
  • 'gog
  • bkag
  • khogs

[translation-san] {LCh,MSA} pratiṣedha

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} negation; refutation; negative [phenomenon]; cessation; negative phenomenon

[definition-bod] mtshan nyidrang 'dzin rtog pas rang gi dgag bya dngos su bcad pa'i tshul gyis rtogs par bya ba/

[definition-eng] Def.:an object realized by the conceptual consciousness apprehending it in the manner of an explicit elimination of its object of negation.

[division-bod] dbye ba1 ma yin dgag 2 med dgag

[division-eng] Div.:(1) affirming negative; (2) non-affirming negative

[comments] Comment: Negative phenomenon (dgag pa) is equivalent to gzhan sel (exlusion of the other, other-exclusion [anyāpoha]). Examples are rtag pa ma yin pa (non-permanent); bum pa ma yin pa las log pa (opposite from non-pot).