Adhyavasayavishaya, Adhyavasāyaviṣaya, Adhyavasaya-vishaya: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Adhyavasāyaviṣaya can be transliterated into English as Adhyavasayavisaya or Adhyavasayavishaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Google Books: The Treasury of Knowledge: Book six, parts one and two (philosophy)

Adhyavasāyaviṣaya (अध्यवसायविषय) or simply Adhyavasāya (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: zhen yul) refers to “conceived objects”, representing one of the three types of “objects” (viṣaya) (i.e., ‘that which is to be comprehended or known’).—Accordingly, “That which is to be understood through valid cognition is ‘the knowable’. The terms ‘object’ (viṣaya; yul), ‘knowable’ (jñeya; shes bya), and ‘appraisable’ (prameya; gzhal bya) are all essentially equivalent, but it is the defining characteristic of the ‘object’ that it is to be comprehended or known, [...]. When objects (viṣaya) are analyzed in terms of their different functionalities as objects (yul du byed tshul), they fall into three distinct categories, namely, [i.e., conceived objects (adhyavasāyaviṣayazhen yul),] [...]

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