| Term |
lack of an impossible "soul"
Referenced by: impossible "soul," lack of (cross-reference only) selflessness (alternative term) identitylessness (alternative term) lack of true identity (alternative term) lack of an impossible soul (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | bdag-med |
| Sanskrit | anatman |
| Pali | |
| Definition | (1) With respect to the five aggregate factors of an individual being, the total absence (voidness) of something findable inside the aggregates that is static, a partless monad, separable from the body and mind, and self-sufficiently knowable. (2) With respect to all validly knowable phenomena, the total absence (voidness) of an impossible mode of existence that establishes the existence of a phenomenon by the power of something findable inside that phenomenon. Often translated by others as "selflessness" or "identitylessness." |
| Arabic | انعدام "الروح" المستحيلة |
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| German | Nichtvorhandensein einer unmöglichen "Seele" |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | [self-not exist]; selflessness; selfless |
| Russian | отсутствие невозможной души |
| Vietnamese | vô ngã |