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Āyatana

In Buddhism, āyatana (Pāli; Sanskrit: आयतन) is a "center of experience" or "mental home," which create one's experience. The related term saḷāyatana (Pāli; Skt. ṣaḍāyatana) refers to six cognitive functions, namely sight, hearing, smelling, tasting, body-cognition, and mind-cognition.

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Chinese
六入, 六処 (Pinyin: liùrù)
English
six cognitive functions, six sense bases, six sense spheres
Japanese
六入, 六処 (Rōmaji: rokunyū, rokusho)
Korean
육입, 육처 (RR: yuk-yip, yuk-tcher)
Pali
saḷāyatana
Sanskrit
ṣaḍāyatana

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In the Pali Canon

In post-canonical Pali texts

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Āyatana

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples96
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
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Āyatana

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related to Related Buddhist concepts · 18
Āyatana → Aggregates, As, Becoming, Both, Buddha, Dependent Origination, Elements, Figure, In, Karma, Pali, Pali Canon, Samyutta Nikaya, Satipatthana Sutta, Skt, The, Twelve Causes, Wheel
related to Liberation · 12
Āyatana → Abandoning, Buddha, Fetters, In, MN, Pali, Satipatthana Sutta, Similarly, SN, The Buddha, To, Uprooting
related to Five skandhas · 9
Āyatana → Based, Chachakka Sutta, MN, Pali, See Figure, Six Sextets, Such, Thus, With
related to "Aflame with lust, hate and delusion" · 8
Āyatana → Asivisa Sutta, Buddha, Buddha's Great Disciple Sariputta, Elsewhere, In, SN, The Vipers, Using
related to "The All" · 8
Āyatana → Abhidhamma, All, Buddha, In, Pali, References, SN, The All
related to Etymology · 7
Āyatana → Buddhist, Davids, PTS Pāli-English Dictionary, Pāli, Sanskrit, Stede, The
related to The roots of wisdom · 7
Āyatana → Buddhaghosa, CE, Dependent Origination, Four Noble Truths, In, Other, Visuddhimagga
see also · 5
Āyatana → Buddhist, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Nidanas, Satipatthana Sutta
related to External links · 4
Āyatana → Salayatana Vagga, Samyutta Nikaya, Six Sense Bases, The Section
related to In post-canonical Pali texts · 3
Āyatana → Pali, The Vimuttimagga, Visuddhimagga

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saḷāyatana sense pali six five mental consciousness contact buddhist objects sn buddha one organs skt mind experience pāli 35 internal

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ĀyatanaChinese六入, 六処 (Pinyin: liùrù)1.00infobox
ĀyatanaEnglishsix cognitive functions, six sense bases, six sense spheres1.00infobox
ĀyatanaJapanese六入, 六処 (Rōmaji: rokunyū, rokusho)1.00infobox
ĀyatanaKorean육입, 육처 (RR: yuk-yip, yuk-tcher)1.00infobox
ĀyatanaPalisaḷāyatana1.00infobox
ĀyatanaSanskritṣaḍāyatana1.00infobox
ĀyatanaTagalogayatana1.00infobox
ĀyatanaThaiอายตนะ (RTGS: ayatana)1.00infobox
ĀyatanaTibetanskye.mched1.00infobox
ĀyatanaVietnameselục nhập1.00infobox
Āyatanarelated to "Aflame with lust, hate and delusion"In0.60section
Āyatanarelated to "Aflame with lust, hate and delusion"The Vipers0.60section

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