realm; constituent; element; basic/essential constituent; disposition; type; constitution [as in health] Comment: For other divisions see khams du ma and khams tha dad pa.
General meanings: expanse/ character; east Tibet. domain, territory, land; area, province; realm; constituent element/ component of experience; fundamental constituent of being (in the sense of buddha nature); character type; 1) Skt. dhatu, element, nature, capacity, property, constituent, {dngos po'i gnas tshul}, {ngo bo}, {rigs}, {bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po} For example the khams of fire is heat. The {dbyings} of water is wetness. Syn {'byung ba}, {rang bzhin}. 2) potential, seed. Syn {rgyu}, {sa bon}. 2) existentiality, [elements of our experiential make-up], character, nature, natural temperament, propensity, disposition, ability. 3) organs of the body, fields of sense, sensory sphere / base. 4) buddha-nature [s0. {snying po} 5) realm, region, dominion, world, plane, sphere, space, expanse [sm. {dbyings} 6) physical constitution / condition, health, sate of health. 7) Kham A province in eastern Tibet. Kham [the general area of east Tibet]. 8) domain, kingdom, empire, world, territory, land. 9) semen, essence. 10) fortification. 11) appetite. 12) types. 13) subtle nature, constituent. 14) the six elements, [earth, air, fire, water, ether, mind]. 15) state of health. 16) psycho-physical base; / Def. by Jamgön Kongtrül: {dhA tu'i sgra las sa bon 'dzin pa'am rang gi mtshan nyid 'dzin pa'i don gyis khams shes bya ba}. 17) character, nature, natural temperament, propensity, disposition, ability
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<term> Element-A (Match Mode), constituent, constituent element, constituents, constitution, dhātu, dhātu (eighteen), domain, eighteen bases, element, elements, elements of perception, realm, sensory element, sensory elements, temperament, dhātu