Prajñapti
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Prajñapti (P. paññatti; T. btags pa བཏགས་པ་; C. jiaming 假名) is a conventional designation,[1] or "the denotation of a thing by a word."[2]
The term has been translated as “designation,” “imputation,” “convention," etc.[3]
Encyclopedia Britannica states:
- [Prajnapti is] the denotation of a thing by a word. The concept of prajñapti is especially important in the Mādhyamika (“Middle View”) and Vijñānavāda (“Consciousness-affirming”) schools. Prajñapti is seen as a fictitious construction unrelated to ultimate reality...[2]
The term is also contrasted with dravyasat (substantially existent).[3]
Alternate translations
- conventional designation (Gold)[1]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gold 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (1998, July 20). prajñapti. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/prajnapti
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Prajñapti.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Gold, Jonathan (2015), "Without Karma and Nirvana, Buddhism is Nihilism", in Garfield, Jay L.; Westerhoff, Jan, Madhyamaka and Yogacara: Allies or Rivals?, Oxford University Press
