Grāhyaviṣaya

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grāhyaviṣaya (T. gzung yul) is translated as "apprehended object," "referent object," etc.

It is the object (viṣaya) as seized by a perception, e.g. vase for a consciousness apprehending vase.[1]

Grāhyaviṣaya is one of the four types of object identified in Buddhist logic.

See also:

Translations

  • apprehended object (Rangjung Yeshe wiki)
  • referent object (Tsepak Rigdzin)
  • object of apprehension (Hopkins)
  • help object (Rangjung Yeshe wiki)
  • object grasped (Ives Waldo)

Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg gzung yul, Tsepak Rigdzin, Christian-Steinert Dictionary

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