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pervasive

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term pervasive
Tibetan khyab
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition "x" is pervasive with "y" if, whenever "x" is the case, so is "y". Used in such formulations as "If "x" is the case, then it is pervasive that "y" is the case."

TRANSLATIONS

German umfassend
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... entail; pervade; fill; embrace; cover over