[translation-san] {L,MSA} niḥsvabhāva

[translation-san] {MSA} niḥsvabhāvatā

[translation-san] {MSA} svābhāva

[translation-san] {C} asvabhāva

[translation-san] svabhāvato nāstikaṃ

[translation-san] asvabhāvatā

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} non-nature; without nature; natureless; naturelessness

[translation-eng] no own-being

[comments] Comment: Another possible translation equivalent for ""non-nature"" (ngo bo nyid med pa; niḥsvabhāva) is ""non-entityness."" Despite being admittedly awkward, it closely reflects in both its etymology and its meaning the Sanskrit term niḥsvabhāva which is derived from the verbal root bhū ""to be."" For, ""entity"" is derived in its basic form (es) from the Latin esse ""to be"" and is derived in its suffixed form from the Sanskrit as which, like bhū, means ""being."" In addition, ""entity"" means ""something that exists as a particular and discrete unit"" or ""the fact of existence; being."" Thus, ""non-entityness"" would be a suitable translation for the negative term niḥsvabhāva, if it were not so awkward; other possible translations are ""non-thingness,"" ""non-natureness,"" and ""unreality."" Since all of these choices are awkward and since trisvabhāva is translated as ""three natures,"" I have chosen ""non-nature"" for niḥsvabhāva; it has the additional virtue of reflecting the play between svabhāva and niḥsvabhāva — (three) natures and (three) non-natures.