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An '''entity''' (Tib. [[དངོས་པོ་]]; [[Wyl.]] ''dngos po'') is defined as "something capable of performing a function".<ref>''don byed nus pa''</ref> | An '''entity''' (Skt. ''vastu''; Tib. [[དངོས་པོ་]]; ''ngöpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''dngos po'') is defined as "something capable of performing a function".<ref>''don byed nus pa''</ref> | ||
==Subdivisions== | |||
Entities can be divided into aspects of [[consciousness]] ([[ཤེས་པ་]], ''shes pa''), [[matter]] ([[བེམ་པོ་]], ''bem po'') and [[non-concurrent formations]]. | |||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Real thing | |||
*Thing | *Thing | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:42, 15 February 2018
An entity (Skt. vastu; Tib. དངོས་པོ་; ngöpo, Wyl. dngos po) is defined as "something capable of performing a function".[1]
Subdivisions
Entities can be divided into aspects of consciousness (ཤེས་པ་, shes pa), matter (བེམ་པོ་, bem po) and non-concurrent formations.
Alternative Translations
- Real thing
- Thing
Notes
- ↑ don byed nus pa