Āyatana
Āyatana (Pāli; Sanskrit: आयतन) is a Buddhist term that has been translated as "sense base", "sense-media" or "sense sphere". In Buddhism, there are six internal sense bases (Pali: ajjhattikāni āyatanāni; also known as, "organs", "gates", "doors", "powers" or "roots") and six external sense bases (bāhirāni āyatanāni or "sense objects"; also known as vishaya or "domains").
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| English | six sense bases, six sense spheres |
| Sanskrit | ṣaḍāyatana |
| Pali | saḷāyatana |
| Chinese | 六入, 六処 (Pinyin: liùrù) |
| Japanese | 六入, 六処 (Rōmaji: rokunyū, rokusho) |
| Korean | 육입, 육처 (RR: yuk-yip, yuk-tcher) |
| Tibetan | skye.mched |
| Tagalog | ayatana |
| Thai | อายตนะ (RTGS: ayatana) |
| Vietnamese | lục nhập |
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There are six internal-external (organ-object) saḷāyatana (Pāli; Skt. ṣaḍāyatana), pairs of sense bases:
- eye and visible objects
- ear and sound
- nose and odor
- tongue and taste
- body and touch
- mind and mental objects
Buddhism and other Indian epistemologies identify six "senses" as opposed to the Western identification of five. In Buddhism, "mind" denotes an internal sense organ which interacts with sense objects that include sense impressions, feelings, perceptions and volition.
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