Abhimukhī

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abhimukhī (T. mngon du ’gyur ba/mngon du phyogs pa; C. xianqian [di] 現前[地]) is translated as “manifest,” “evident,” "realized," "actualized," etc.[1][2]

Within the pramana tradition, abhimukhī refers to "those things that are evident to sense perception."[2]

In the pramana tradition, all "objects of comprehension" (prameya) are classified as either manifest (abhimukhī) or hidden (paroksa) —viz., "those things whose existence must be inferred through reasoning."[2]

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Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg mngon du ’gyur ba, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. abhimukhī