underived

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Dharma is material essence, the plastic cause, and underived, a co-equal biunity with Buddha; or else the plastic cause, as before, but dependent and derived from Buddha.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot

On the other hand, it is certain that the doctrine of Athanasius, equally as of Arius, was, that the Father is the underived or self-existent God, but the Son is the derived subordinate God.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William

Reasoning back by indubitable steps we come to an uncaused, unlimited, infinite Being, the underived and eternal source of all that is.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Thus the qualities of the four elements are ultimate and underived, but all other qualities must be founded upon the position and arrangement of particles of the four elements.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

I gather all that I would desire to say into three points: 'that Light' and its witnesses; the underived Light and the kindled lamps; the undying Light and the lamps that go out.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander