(1) A validly knowable, existent object that performs a function – in other words, it produces a result – namely, a nonstatic phenomenon. (2) In the Vaibhashika system, all validly knowable, existent phenomena, all of which at least perform the function of acting as an object for the valid cognition of them.
Tibetan: དངོས་པོ། dngos-po
J. Hopkins: Thing; Functioning thing; Effective thing
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