1) one who relies on autonomous inferences [svantantra] to refute true existence. 2) a Madhyamika who asserts that, conventionally, phenomena are naturally existent. 3) a dogmaticist, svantantrika. 4) [substance-grasping] as in {rnam rtog} Syn {tha mal pa} 5) see {dbu ma rang rgyud pa} 6) independently existent Syn {rang mtshan pa} 7) ordinary. (to be inherently endowed with an) autonomous (mind-stream); Svatantrika. Def. by Jamgön Kongtrül: {legs ldan 'byed kyi rjes 'brang tha snyad du chos thams cad skye ba med pa dang stong pa nyid la sogs pa rang lugs su khas blangs nas/ tshul gsum dngos stobs kyis grub pa'i rang rgyud kyi gtan tshigs gtso bor sgrub byed du 'god pa'i phyir rang rgyud pa zhes bya}
independent [ggd]
Svatantrika. Branch of the Madhyamika, distinguished by use of conventional forms of philosophical reasoning
Svātantrika; [Middle Way] Autonomy School