རང་གི་མཚན་ཉིད་

JH-ENG

own character; its own character; own-character; specific character; specifically characterized phenomenon

JH-OE

specifically characterized phenonenon; own-characteristic

JH-SKT, YOGA

sva-lakSaNa

JH-SKT

{L,MSA,MV}*; {MV}prakRti

OT

[2643] rang gi thun mong min pa'i byed las sam khyad chos/ ... ka ba rang gi mtshan nyid ni gdung 'degs byed pa'o/ ...

JH-C

Comment: There are multiple uses of such terms. For instance, consciousness (shes pa) is a specifically characterized phenonenon (rang mtshan); that which is luminous and knowing (gsal zhing rig pa) is its specific character (rang gi mtshan nyid); impermance (mi rtag) is a general character (spyi'i mtshan nyid) of consciousness shared with other products. An instance of a generally characterized phenomenon (spyi mtshan) is uncompounded space. Ge-luk-b#a scholars also identify "own-character" as referring either to objects' establishment by way of their own character (rang gi mtshan nyid kyis grub pa) or to establishment by way of their own character as the referents of conceptual consciousnesses (rang 'dzin rtog pa'i zhen gzhir rang gi mtshan nyid kyis grub pa) or both.

JH-EXT

1. gzhan du ma dmigs pa las thun mong ma yin pa nyid kyis me'i rang bzhin gyi rang gi mtshan nyid ni tsha ba'o zhes bya bar mngon par zhen pa ji lta ba bzhin mtshan nyid smra ; 

2. rang gi mtshan nyid kyis rnam par gnas pa ni ma yin pa

JH-EXE

1. Due to being uncommon because of not being observed separately [from fire], the nature, that is to say, own-character, of fire is heat. (svabhAvatvenAbhiniviSTA yathAbhinivezaM lakSaNamAcakzate agnerauSNyaM svalakSaNam) [PP, 261.4]; 

2. [imputational natures] do not subsist by way of their own character (svalakSaNena avyavasthitaM)

JV

constitutive principle, absolutely specific characteristics, being what something is, specific, particular, (the object of mngon sum), natural existence, original attributes, particular characteristics

IW

1) own character/ nature, particular/ specific characteristic/ function, particular/ distinctive/ defining characteristic, intrinsic identity; 

2) specifically characterized object [a thing's own function or special/ particularizing dharmas not in common w others w which it is compared]

RB, RY

specific defining characteristic

RY

own character, own nature, particular / specific characteristic, ultimate, particular, existence by way of its own character, distinctive / defining characteristic, intrinsic identity; specifically characterized object; [intrinsic] identity, individual characteristic, existence by way of its own character; *; [intrinsic] identity. see {rang mtshan} [ggd]