negation; refutation; negative [phenomenon]; cessation; negative phenomenon Def.: an object realized by the conceptual consciousness apprehending it in the manner of an explicit elimination of its object of negation. Comment: Negative phenomenon (dgag pa) is equivalent to gzhan sel (exlusion of the other, other-exclusion [anyāpoha]). Examples are rtag pa ma yin pa (non-permanent); bum pa ma yin pa las log pa (opposite from non-pot).
ft. of {'gog pa}; 1) to negate, refute, repudiate, disapprove, criticize, deny, invalidate, nullify, contest. 2) negative phenomenon. 3) obstruct, inhibit, suppress, repress, block, to hinder. 4) obstruction, absolute / implicative negation; refutation, negation, criticism, objection, rebuttal