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implicit suggested meaning

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term implicit suggested meaning

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meaning, implicit suggested (cross-reference only)
Tibetan nges-don
Sanskrit nitartha
Pali
Definition One of the six alternative meanings. When an expression in a root tantra text has two dissimilar meanings, the meaning that is dissimilar to the literal, evident, or face value meaning of the expression. It is the meaning suggested by the literal (explicit suggestive) meaning and to which one is led by that literal meaning.

TRANSLATION (Jeffrey Hopkins En, Tibetan Pronunciation)

Translation definitive; definitive meaning; definitive object

* ngedön
* nges don
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

German implizit hingewiesene Bedeutung
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... definitive; definitive meaning; definitive object
Russian неявный, указанный смысл