drang don

དྲང་དོན
expedient meaning [RY]

provisional/ conditional meaning/ truth/ significance [RB]

expedient meaning, assumed meaning, interpretable, provisional meaning, requiring interpretation. 'dul bya kha drang ba'i don; conventional meaning, / conditional meaning/ truth [RY]

interpretable [ggd] [RY]

neyartha, (assumed, literal, plain) meaning, provisional, indirect, leading truth, indirect & provisional, significance, interpretable teaching, distinct order, ordinary signification, culturally-conditioned meaning, indicative meaning, conventional meaning, indirect meaning, provisional meaning [JV]

expedient/ assumed/ interpretable/ literal/ provisional meaning/ truth, meaning requiring interpretation * truth [IW]

hinted or provisional meaning [RY]

provisional meanings [RY]

The provisional meaning, the expedient meaning, the interpretative meaning. Literally the 'guiding meaning'. Short form of drang ba'i don. A synonym is bkri ba'i don. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]