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monad

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term monad
Tibetan gcig
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition An undifferentiated, partless whole, either the size of an atom or the size of the universe, asserted by non-Buddhist schools of Indian philosophy as descriptive of the atman, the "soul" of a person.

TRANSLATIONS

German Monade
Italian monade
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... one; same; oneness; unitary; single; singular phenomenon