Definition of "obtainers" [obtainers]

• Plural form of obtainer. (noun)

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• "It is due to the presence of one of these obtainers that our tainted aggregates are also "obtaining" aggregates in this situation."
• "Craving and obtainers are the simultaneously acting conditions (lhan-cig byed-pa'i rkyen, Skt. sahakaripratyaya) for the arising of further samsaric rebirth and the true sufferings that such rebirth entails."
• "They are called “obtainers,” since they obtain for us further existence with a body and mind tainted by unawareness of reality."