mtha' dag thams cad de

six limits. The views of the expedient and definitive meaning, the implied and the not implied, the literal and the not literal. Together with the 'four modes' they form the indispensable keys for unlocking the meaning of the tantras [RY]

six parameters: nges don definitive meaning and drang don hinted or provisional meaning; dgongs pa can interpretable and dgongs pa can ma yin pa non-interpretable; sgra ji bzhin pa literal and sgra ji bzhin pa ma yin pa non-literal [RY]

six limits [parameters of the scriptures 1 special intent two no special intent three interpretable meaning four definitive meaning five literal expression six non-literal expresion Or the six "views" 1 [[drang don - literal meaning two [[nges don - true meaning three [[dgongs pa can - implied four [[dgongs pa can ma yin pa - not implied five [[sgra ji bzhin pa - explicit six [[sgra ji bzhin ma yin pa - not explicit) (gd-mk) [IW]

six limits [IW]

six limits. 1) special intent. 2) no special intent. 3) interpretable meaning. 4) definitive meaning. 5) literal expression. 6) non-literal expression. the six "views". 1) drang don literal meaning. 2) nges don true meaning. 3) dgongs pa can implied. 4) dgongs pa can ma yin pa not implied. 5) sgra ji bzhin pa explicit. 6) sgra ji bzhin ma yin pa not explicit. six limits [i.e. parameters] of the scriptures. [TRS 130-4 / 131-1 / -2] diff types [RY]