Dngos med

dngos med (T. dngos med དངོས་མེད་) is translated as "non-thing "non-entity," "unmanifest," etc.

In Buddhist logic, dngos med is defined as:

(1) An validly knowable, existent object that does not perform a function -- in other words, it does not produce a result -- namely, a static phenomenon.

(2) A nonexistent object, such as an impossible way of existing.

In the pramana tradition, this term is contrasted with dngos po ("funtional thing"), that which is able to perform a function.

Equivalent Sanskrit terms can be abhāva or avastu.

External links

• དངོས་པོ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
• dngos_po, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• dngos_med, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• Sanskrit dictionary, "vastu"