【英汉对照佛学词典】

假说


(1) To provisionally explain. Linguistic convention, or custom. Metaphorical expression. Secondary meaning (gauna) as opposed to primary meaning 义 (mukhya). An explanation that does not express the situation exactly as it is. (2) In Consciousness-only theory, this provisional explanation is discriminated into two types, namely, the 'provisional teaching of elements' as per Sthiramati (