Conventional language

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Vajra expressions (rdo-rje'i tshig) that clearly indicate something shared in common with the lower tantras, by using words that are either worldly conventions ('jig-rten-pa'i tha-snyad) or coinages (brnga) of Sanskrit grammarians. One of the six alternatives (mtha'-drug) for interpreting the obscure language of anuttarayoga root tantra texts.

Tibetan: སྒྲ་ཇི་བཞིན་པ། sgra ji-bzhin-pa

Synonyms: Words of conventional language meaning


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