Paratantra

paratantra (T. gzhan dbang གཞན་དབང་). Relative; dependent; dependent phenomena; that which is under the influence of what is other; other-powered phenomena; etc.

The Berzin Dictionary states:

A validly knowable object that arises dependently on causes and conditions. All nonstatic phenomena. Often translated literally as "other-powered phenomenon."

One of the three natures (trisvabhāva) of the Yogācāra school.

External links

• gzhan_dbang, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• གཞན་དབང་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
• གཞན་གྱི་དབང་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
• Dependent nature, Rigpa Shedra Wiki