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'''Dependent designation''' (from {{lang-sa|italic=yes|prajñaptir upādāya}}; {{bo|t=བརྟེན་ནས་གདགས་པ|w=rten ne dag pa}}; {{zh|c=假名|p=jia-ming}}) is an important [[doctrine]] of [[Madhyamika]] [[Buddhism]].<br />
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The term was coined (or appeared to be coined) by [[Nagarjuna]] in 24:18 of the [[Mūlamadhyamakakārikā]]. It became important for, and was championed by, the Tibetan followers of [[Candrakirti]].<br />
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Whatever is [[Pratītyasamutpāda|dependently co-arisen]]<br><br />
That is explained to be [[Śūnyatā|emptiness]].<br /><br />
That, being a '''dependent designation''',<br /><br />
Is itself the [[middle way]].|30px|30px|Nagarjuna, {{IAST|''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā''}} 24:18}}<br />
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Dependent designation is one of the 'three dependencies' asserted by the Madhaymikas, the others being [[dependent arising]], which relates to the concept that all existents arise from causes; and dependence upon parts, the idea that all existents are composite. Each of these dependencies are used, separately and together, to help establish an understanding of [[sunyata]], the absence of inherent existence, which is connected to [[Anattā|anatta]] (no-self), the third of the [[three marks of existence]].<br />
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According to the 14th Dalai Lama,<br />
{{quote|Phenomena are merely imputed by terms and conceptuality in dependence upon their basis of imputation.<ref>Dalai Lama (1992). The Meaning of Life, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins. Wisdom. p. 36</ref>}} <br />
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