| Term |
mental derivative
Referenced by: reflection (alternative term) mental reflection (alternative term) reflection, mental (cross-reference only) derivative, mental (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | gzugs-bsnyan |
| Sanskrit | pratibimba |
| Pali | |
| Definition | (A) In Gelug, except in the case of Chittamatra and Yogachara Svatantrika: (1) In sensory nonconceptual cognition, a fully transparent appearing object, which is a mental aspect, similar to a mental hologram of an external objective entity, through which that external entity is directly cognized also as an appearing object of the cognition. (2) In conceptual cognition, a static conceptual category that is mentally constructed from all individual objective entities that fit into it and thus is a semitransparent, static, metaphysical entity. It is the appearing object through which a fully transparent mental representation of a specific objective entity is cognized. (B) In non-Gelug, except in the case of Chittamatra: (1) In sensory nonconceptual cognition, the opaque, directly cognized appearing object, which is a mental aspect similar to a mental hologram of an external objective entity that the cognition indirectly cognizes as its focal object, but not as an additional appearing object. (2) In conceptual cognition, a conceptually isolated item, an opaque metaphysical entity that stands for the mentally synthesized commonsense object and category in the cognition and which is the appearing object of the cognition. |
| Translation |
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* zuknyen |
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| Definition |
| German | geistige Ableitung |
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| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | - |
| Russian | ментальная производная |