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focal object

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term focal object

Referenced by:
object, focal (cross-reference only)
Tibetan dmigs-yul
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition An external object on which a cognition focuses and which serves as the focal condition of the cognition. Focal objects exist prior to the cognitions of them and have their own continuums different from those of the cognitions of them.

TRANSLATIONS

German Objekt der Ausrichtung / Ausrichtungsobjekt
Persian (Farsi) موضوع مرکزی
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... observed object; object of observation
Russian фокальный объект