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An [[entity]] (Skt. ''[[vastu]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[དངོས་པོ་]]}}; Wyl. ''[[dngos po]]'') is defined as "something capable of performing a [[function]]".<ref>''[[don byed nus pa]]''</ref>
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An [[entity]] (Skt. ''[[vastu]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[དངོས་པོ་]]}}; [[Wyl.]] ''[[dngos po]]'') is defined as "something capable of performing a [[function]]".<ref>''[[don byed nus pa]]''</ref>
  
 
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An entity (Skt. vastu; Tib. དངོས་པོ་; Wyl. dngos po) is defined as "something capable of performing a function".[1]

Subdivisions

Entities can be divided into aspects of consciousness (ཤེས་པ་, shes pa), matter (བེམ་པོ་, bem po) and non-concurrent formations.

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