Anuvyañjana
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anuvyañjana (T. dpe byad; C. hao 好) is translated as "minor mark," "minor sign," "secondary characteristic," etc.[1]
This term refers to the secondary characteristics of an object, in distinction from the object's generic appearance, or "mark" (nimitta; a.k.a "sign").[2]
Anuvyañjana also refers to the minor marks of a great person.[2]
Anuvyañjana is sometimes abbreviated as vyañjana.
Notes
- ↑
dpe byad, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. anuvyañjana