Kalpanā

Kalpanā [alt. kapana] (T. rtog pa རྟོག་པ་; C. fenbie; J. funbetsu) is translated as "thought," "imagination," “conceptual construction,” “to conceptualize,” etc.

Kalpanā is often contrasted with direction perception (pratyaksa].

Related term

• vitarka - also translated as "rtog pa" in Tibetan; though vitrka has a more positive conotation (of investigating)

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University