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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་]]; [[Wyl.]] ''dngos po'') is defined as "something capable of performing a function".<ref>''don byed nus pa''</ref>


==Subdivisions==
==Subdivisions==
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==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*Real thing
*Thing
*Thing



Revision as of 09:37, 8 April 2011

An entity (Skt. vastu; Tib. དངོས་པོ་; Wyl. dngos po) is defined as "something capable of performing a function".[1]

Subdivisions

Entities can be divided into aspects of consciousness (shes pa), matter (bem po) and non-concurrent formations.

Alternative Translations

  • Real thing
  • Thing

Notes

  1. don byed nus pa