| Term |
referent thing
Referenced by: thing, referent (cross-reference only) |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | btags-don |
| Sanskrit | |
| Pali | |
| Definition | The actual "thing" referred to by a name or concept, corresponding to the names or concepts for something, and which is findable, establishing its own existence by its own power, on the side of the referent object of the name or concept. In Gelug, according to Prasangika it is nonexistent and according to lower tenet systems it is existent. |
| German | Ding, auf das sich etwas bezieht / "Bezugs-Ding" |
|---|---|
| French | chose de référence |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | designated object |
| Russian | соотносимая вещь |