don byed nus pa

[translation-san] {LCh} artha-kriyā-śakti

[translation-san] artha-kriyā-sāmarthya

[translation-san] {GD:115} artha-kriyā-samartham

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} able to perform a function; that which is able to perform a function; that which has the capacity to perform a function

[comments] Comment: This is the definition of thing (dngos po). In the Great Exposition School even permanent phenomena have the capacity to perform a function, such as uncompounded space capacity to allow the placement or movement of objects. In the Sūtra School and above, having the capacity to perform a function refers to the function of producing effects, and thus the reference is only to impermanent phenomena.

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary