མེད་དགག་

JH-ENG, IW, RY

non-affirming negation

JH-ENG

*; non-affirming negative

JH-SKT

{LCh}prasajya-pratiSedha; niSedha {GD:371}

OT

[2115] dgag pa'i nang gses/ rang dngos su rtogs pa'i blo'am rang brjod pa'i sgras rang gi dgag bya dngos su bcad tsam gyis rtogs par bya ba ste/ gang zag gi bdag med lta bu/ bdag bkag pa'i shul du don gzhan mi 'phen pa'o/ ...

JH-DIVT

dbye ba/ 1 rang gi dgag bya shes bya la srid pa'i med dgag 2 rang gi dgag bya shes bya la mi srid pa'i med dgag

JH-DIVE

Divisions: 

(1) non-affirming negative whose object of negation occurs among objects of knowledge; 

(2) non-affirming negative whose object of negation does not occur among objects of knowledge

JH-ST

med dgag gi gzhan sel/

JH-C

one of the two divisions of negation ( དགག་པ་); the other is: affirming negative (ma yin dgag, paryudAsa-pratiSedha)Comment: The division of negatives, or negations, into affirming and non-affirming, or implicative and non-implicative, is traced to MimAMsA injunctions to refrain from activities that either imply another activity in its place or not. For example, the non-existence of the horns of a rabbit is expressed by the sentence, "The horns of a rabbit do not exist," and this does not suggest anything positive in place of the horns of a rabbit. Though it can suggest another non-affirming negative such as the non-existence of the beauty of the horns of a rabbit, it does not suggest any positive phenomenon in place of its object of negation. In the same way, an emptiness is a non-affirming negative such that the term expressing it does not suggest in place of the negation of its own object of negation another, positive phenomenon. See also "affirming negation" (ma yin dgag).

JH-EXT

thogs reg gcig po bkag tsam gyi med dgag

JH-EXE

a non-affirming negative which is the mere negation of one type of obstructive contact

DM

absolute negation (exclusion negation). Skt. prasajyapratiSedha (defined in Monier-Williams as 'the negative form of an applicable [positive] statement'). Non-affirming negation. Thurman.

JV

(explicit, "non-existence", absolute) negation, non-affirming negative

IW

refuting as being nonexistent, direct/ * [cf {ma yin dgag}. non-arrirming negation [dgag pa'i nang gses - rang dngos su rtogs pa'i blo'am rang brjod pa'i sgras rang gi dgag bya dngos su bcad tsam gyis rtogs par bya ba ste, gang zag gi bdag med lta bu, bdag bkag pa'i shul du don gzhan mi 'phen pa'o. absolute/ non-affirming /explicit/ total negation GD refutation as non-existent, TSE (exclusion)

RB

unqualified/ flat/ total negation

RY

refutation as nonexistent; flat/ total negation; absolute negation, non-affirming negative, exclusion negation; explicit negation; refuting as being nonexistent, direct / *, [comp. with {ma yin dgag}. existential negation [thd]. nonimplicative negation, verbally bound negation [ggd]