externally valid cognition; [opp to {rang las nges kyi tshad ma} internally valid cognition]; "valid cognition in which ascertainment is induced by other" [ggd]
prime cognizer/pramana when ascertainment is induced by another [R]
prime cognizer for which ascertainment is induced by another; externally ascertaining valid cognition one of the two types of prime cognizer (tshad ma); the other is prime cognizer for which ascertainment is induced from itself (rang las nges kyi tshad ma)