bdag tu 'dzin pa

bdag 'dzin 1) holding to a self, ego-fixation, clinging, conception of self; conception of self; belief in a self, conception of self, holding to a self, ego-fixation, clinging, conception of self. 2) to conceive of/ grasp at a self and self-nature, fixate upon self-identity [RY]

1) belief in/ conception of / holding to a self; 2) ego-fixation/ clinging [attachment to the five skandhas as a self] [IW]

conception of self [RY]

self-habit [RY]

bdag tu bzung ba to impute/ hold to have/ misconstrue as having identity; isc. perception based on the assumption of identity; to perceive as though there were identity [RB]