That which gives rise to something, such as a womb for a baby, an oven for a loaf of bread, or in the Chittamatra and Yogachara-Svatantrika systems, the karmic tendency (karmic seed) from which the primary consciousness, accompanying mental factors and cognitive appearance of their cognitive object all arise in a moment of cognition.
Tibetan: རྫས། rdzas
Sanskrit: dravya
J. Hopkins: Substantial entity
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