One of the six alternative meanings of vajra expressions in root tantra texts. When an expression in a root tantra text has two dissimilar meanings, the meaning that is dissimilar to the literal, evident, or face value meaning of the expression. It is the meaning suggested by the literal (explicit suggestive) meaning and to which one is led by that literal meaning.
Tibetan: ངེས་དོན། nges-don
Sanskrit: nītārtha
J. Hopkins: Definitive meaning
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