don spyi

[translation-san] artha-sāmānya

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} meaning generality; meaning-generality; generic image; mental image

[translation-eng] {GD:399} object-universal

[definition-bod] mtshan nyid bum 'dzin rtog pa la bum pa ma yin pa las log par snang ba'i sgro btags kyi cha

[definition-eng] Definition: that factor of super-imposition that is the appearance to the conceptual cognition [of something] as a pot despite its not being a pot {GD:399}

[comments] one of the three types of generality (spyi); for others see: spyi; see also: bum pa'i don spyi

example

• [bod] stong nyid don spyi'i tshul du rtogs pa'i mkhyen pa
• [eng] an exalted knower which realizes emptiness in the manner of a meaning generality{PGP 86}

example

• [bod] rtog pa la gnyis snang yod pa snang ngor don spyi snang ba
• [eng] a conceptual consciousness's having dualistic appearance [refers to the fact that] a meaning-generality appears in the face of its appearance factor.

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary