sense organ, sense field

DN 22.12 mahāsatipaṭṭhānasuttaṃ

kathañ'ca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhammesu dhamm'ānupassī viharati chasu ajjhattikabāhiresu āyatanesu?

AN 6.61 majjhesuttaṃ

evaṃ vutte aññataro bhikkhu there bhikkhū etad'avoca, cha kho, āvuso, ajjhattikāni āyatanāni eko anto, cha bāhirāni āyatanāni dutiyo anto, viññāṇaṃ majjhe, taṇhā sibbinī.

support, basis, grounds

AN 5.23 upakkilesasuttaṃ

yassa kassaci ca abhiññāsacchikaraṇīyassa dhammassa cittaṃ abhininnāmeti abhiññāsacchikiriyāya tatra tatr'eva sakkhibhabbataṃ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.

érzékelési terület, alap

1. resting-place, abode; source; region, sphere, field, area.
2. transcendental sphere, plane of experience; transcendental state of mind in meditation.
3. sphere of perception, the sense-organs (in …

…

manāyatana dhammāyatana

By the visual organ cakkhāyatana is meant the sensitive part of the eye cakkhu -…

…birth of the āyatanas (see above 3) Vin.i.185

• -kusala skilled in the ā. MN.iii.63. *…

forest region, wilderness area

SN 20.9 nāgasuttaṃ

bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, araññ'āyatane mahāsarasī. taṃ nāgā upanissāya viharanti. te taṃ sarasiṃ ogāhetvā soṇḍāya bhisamuḷālaṃ abbuhetvā suvikkhālitaṃ vikkhāletvā akaddamaṃ saṅkhāditvā ajjhoharanti.

field of the eye, vision

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ? cakkh'āyatanaṃ, sot'āyatanaṃ, ghān'āyatanaṃ, jivh'āyatanaṃ, kāy'āyatanaṃ, man'āyatanaṃ, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ.

six internal sense organs

AN 6.61 majjhesuttaṃ

evaṃ vutte aññataro bhikkhu there bhikkhū etad'avoca, cha kho, āvuso, ajjhattikāni āyatanāni eko anto, cha bāhirāni āyatanāni dutiyo anto, viññāṇaṃ majjhe, taṇhā sibbinī.

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

ayaṃyev'ettha attho, vaṇo'ti kho, sunakkhatta, chann'etaṃ ajjhattikānaṃ āyatanānaṃ adhivacanaṃ, visadoso'ti kho, sunakkhatta, avijjāy'etaṃ adhivacanaṃ

six external sense fields

AN 6.61 majjhesuttaṃ

evaṃ vutte aññataro bhikkhu there bhikkhū etad'avoca, cha kho, āvuso, ajjhattikāni āyatanāni eko anto, cha bāhirāni āyatanāni dutiyo anto, viññāṇaṃ majjhe, taṇhā sibbinī.

field of the nose, sense of smell

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ? cakkh'āyatanaṃ, sot'āyatanaṃ, ghān'āyatanaṃ, jivh'āyatanaṃ, kāy'āyatanaṃ, man'āyatanaṃ, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ.

field of taste, sense of taste

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ? cakkh'āyatanaṃ, sot'āyatanaṃ, ghān'āyatanaṃ, jivh'āyatanaṃ, kāy'āyatanaṃ, man'āyatanaṃ, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ.

field of the body, sense of touch

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ? cakkh'āyatanaṃ, sot'āyatanaṃ, ghān'āyatanaṃ, jivh'āyatanaṃ, kāy'āyatanaṃ, man'āyatanaṃ, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ.

field of mind, intellect

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ? cakkh'āyatanaṃ, sot'āyatanaṃ, ghān'āyatanaṃ, jivh'āyatanaṃ, kāy'āyatanaṃ, man'āyatanaṃ, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ.

dimension of neither perception nor non-perception

MN 31 cūḷagosiṅgasuttaṃ

idha mayaṃ, bhante, yāva'd'eva ākaṅkhāma sabbaso ākiñcaññ'āyatanaṃ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharāma

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

evam'eva kho, sunakkhatta, sammā nibbān'ādhimuttassa purisapuggalassa ye nevasaññānāsaññāyatana-saṃyojane se ucchinnamūle tālāvatthukate anabhāvaṃkate āyatiṃ anuppādadhamme.

sense field, lit. contact field

SN 35.234 udāyīsuttaṃ

evam'eva kho āvuso bhikkhu chassu phass'āyatanesu n'eva attānaṃ n'āttaniyaṃ samanupassati.

UD 25 mahāmoggallānasuttaṃ

sati kāyagatā upaṭṭhitā, chasu phass'āyatanesu saṃvuto, satataṃ bhikkhu samāhito, jaññā nibbānam'attano'ti.

six sense fields

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ? cakkh'āyatanaṃ, sot'āyatanaṃ, ghān'āyatanaṃ, jivh'āyatanaṃ, kāy'āyatanaṃ, man'āyatanaṃ, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ.

MN 38 mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasuttaṃ

nāmarūpa-paccayā sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ, sa'ḷ'āyatana-paccayā phasso, phassa-paccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ

precondition of six sense fields, six sense fields as condition

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

avijjāpaccayā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā, saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ, viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṃ, nāmarūpapaccayā sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ, sa'ḷ'āyatanapaccayā phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā

field of the ear, sense of hearing

SN 12.2 vibhaṅgasuttaṃ

katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ? cakkh'āyatanaṃ, sot'āyatanaṃ, ghān'āyatanaṃ, jivh'āyatanaṃ, kāy'āyatanaṃ, man'āyatanaṃ, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sa'ḷ'āyatanaṃ.

dimension of infinite consciousness

MN 43 mahāvedallasuttaṃ

nissaṭṭhena āvuso, pañcahi indriyehi parisuddhena manoviññāṇena ananto ākāso'ti ākās'ānañc'āyatanaṃ neyyaṃ, anantaṃ viññāṇan'ti viññāṇ'añc'āyatanaṃ neyyaṃ, n'atthi kiñcī'ti ākiñcaññ'āyatanaṃ neyyan'ti.

MN 31 cūḷagosiṅgasuttaṃ

idha mayaṃ, bhante, yāva'd'eva ākaṅkhāma sabbaso ākās'ānañc'āyatanaṃ samatikkamma, anantaṃ viññāṇan'ti viññāṇ'añc'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharāma

dimension of nothingness, sphere of emptiness

MN 31 cūḷagosiṅgasuttaṃ

idha mayaṃ, bhante, yāva'd'eva ākaṅkhāma sabbaso viññāṇ'añc'āyatanaṃ samatikkamma, n'atthi kiñcī'ti ākiñcaññ'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharāma

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

ṭhānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ, sunakkhatta, vijjati yaṃ idh'ekacco purisapuggalo ākiñcaññ'āyatana-adhimutto assa.

dimension of infinite space

MN 43 mahāvedallasuttaṃ

nissaṭṭhena āvuso, pañcahi indriyehi parisuddhena manoviññāṇena ananto ākāso'ti ākās'ānañc'āyatanaṃ neyyaṃ, anantaṃ viññāṇan'ti viññāṇ'añc'āyatanaṃ neyyaṃ, n'atthi kiñcī'ti ākiñcaññ'āyatanaṃ neyyan'ti.

MN 31 cūḷagosiṅgasuttaṃ

idha mayaṃ, bhante, yāva'd'eva ākaṅkhāma sabbaso rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṃ atthaṅ'gamā nānattasaññānaṃ amanasikārā, ananto ākāso'ti ākās'ānañc'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharāma

by way of the sense bases, according to the senses

SN 22.57 sattaṭṭhānasuttaṃ

idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhātuso upaparikkhati, āyatanaso upaparikkhati, paṭiccasamuppādaso upaparikkhati. evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu tividhūpaparikkhī hoti.

…went there again from the Rajāyatana. Vin.i.4 It was then that the Brahma Sahampati appeared to him and persuaded him to preach the doctrine, in…

The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.

Uruvelā3shrine

…at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They offered the Buddha rice-cakes and honey. They became…

A class of devas born in the Ākiñcāyatana, the third Arūpa world. MN.iii.103 Their life term is sixty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

…proclaimed the Ākiñcaññāyatana, and Gotama, putting forth energy and concentration greater than Āḷāra’s, made himself master of that…

hat érzékterület

sphere of mastering; area of control (one of six or eight stages in overcoming reactions to objects of the senses)

in the wrong sphere or place; unsuitably

place in the forest, a forest haunt

the region of the Ariyas

the sense-organ that is the eye; the sphere of visual perception.

the object that is a mental construct.

an object of sense that is odor.

the sense organ that is the nose; the sphere of olfactory perception.

the sphere of perception, the sense organ that is the tongue.

, abstr. of jāyā the state of being a wife; marriage

basis or source for total stillness

the sense organ that is the body

1. the sphere or stage of neither apperception nor non-apperception, i.e.
2. the fourth of the arūpa states of existence; and.
3. the fourth arūpajhana or one of the vimokkhas.

the sphere or community of a religious sect.

the sphere or stage of (the awareness of) nothingness, i.e.

1. the third of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of awareness of nothingness, the third arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

the sphere or stage of the infinity of space, i.e.

1. the first of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of the consciousness of the infinity of space, the first arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

1. as the fields of perception.
2. in the right sphere; suitably

…In the Com. to M. 77, where āyatana is explained by ‘means’ kārana it is said: The abhibhāyatana through their counteracting may master…

…and external sense sources āyatana. Only Nibbāna, which is unconditioned and not a construction asankhata, is permanent, stable, still,…

…consciousness viññānañcāyatana, the perception of the sphere of Infinite space is extinguished. Having entered the sphere of nothingness…

[[auditory organ]]Auditory organ: Ear, ability to hear see: āyatana.

…(see: khandha dhātu āyatana ) #āyatana, form, feeling, perception, mental constructions and consciousness, all these things are of the…

Bases: The 12 of the perceptual process: āyatana

…4 immaterial spheres arūpāyatana see. jhāna: of unbounded space, unbounded consciousness, nothingness,…

Cakkhu: ‘eye’ see: āyatana The foll. 5 kinds of ‘eyes’ are mentioned and explained in CNid. PTS, p. 235; the first 3 also in It. 52: 1. the…

Cakkhāyatana: ’the base;visual organ; ’ see: āyatana.

…of nothingness ākiñcaññāyatana* see: jhāna 7; ‘d. of mind from the conditions of existence’, for of mind due to non-attention to all…

Eye: 5 kinds, see: cakkhu - Visual organ, see: āyatana.

Eye-organ: see: āyatana

[[gustatory organ]]Gustatory organ: see: āyatana.

…are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: cakkhu
2. ear: sota
3. nose: ghāna
4. tongue: jivhā
5. body: kāya
   6….

…of nothingness ākiñcaññāyatana and abides therein.

8;Through the total overcoming of the sphere of nothingness he reaches…

…dhātu or sense-sources āyatana and their components; and wherever the 3 characteristics tilakkhana are applied. The majority of Sutta…

Pasāda-rūpa: ‘sensitive materiality’, is a name for the 5 physical sense-organs responding to sense-stimuli. Cf. āyatana

…as 6th, the mind-base manāyatana, i.e. consciousness.

Mentality nāma see: 3 is for the 5 physical bases āyatana or sense-organs, a…

Titthāyatana: the 3 ‘articles of heretical belief’. which in A. III, 61 are declared as leading to inactivity, are: 1 the belief that all…

Ākiñcaññāyatana: The sphere of nothingness; see: jhāna 7.

…Infinite space ākāsānañcāyatana. According to Abhidhamma philosophy, endless space has no objective reality being purely conceptual, which is…

Ākāsānañcāyatana: ‘Sphere of Infinite space’, is identical with the 1st formless absorption; see: jhāna 5.

…seeing, hearing, etc. can ever arise. Cf. āyatana paccaya.

…of the Bhagavant); Dhs.247.

abhibhū + āyatana

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

…outward (q.v.). See also āyatana
■ MN.i.62 SN.i.73 (˚ā rakkhā na bāhirā); SN.iv.7 sq. (āyatanāni); SN.v.101 (anga); AN.i.16 (anga);…

adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …

nonexertion, not exerting oneself, sluggishness, indolence Ja.v.121 (˚sīla = dussīla C.).

an + āyatana

1. the near bank of a river Ja.iii.230 (+ atiṇṇaṃ, C. paratīraṃ atiṇṇaṃ).
2. (fig.) not the further shore (of life), the world here, i.e. (opp. pāraṃ Nibbāna) Snp.1129, Snp.1130; Cnd.62; Dhp.385 (exp …

…Ja.ii.138; Ja.v.70].

• -āyatana a forest haunt Vin.ii.201; SN.ii.269; Ja.i.173; Vv-a.301; Pv-a.54, Pv-a.78,…

…a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta,…

…āyatanāni (see āyatana 3 and ārammaṇa 3). They are discussed at Vism.430 sq.; cp. Dhs.1049-The phrase “ito…

adjective

1. external, outside (opp. abbhantara inside) outer, foreign DN.ii.75; AN.iv.16; Dhp.394 (fig. in meaning of 2); Ja.i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); Ja.i.337 (out o …

…Mil trsl. i.80, 89;

• -āyatana (either cakkh’ or cakkhv˚) the organ or sense of sight DN.iii.243, DN.iii.280,…

…(see āyatana)-cha dānasālā Ja.i.282; oraṃ chahi māsehi kālakiriyā bhavissati (l shall die in 6 months, i.e. not…

…(see āyatana)-cha dānasālā Ja.i.282; oraṃ chahi māsehi kālakiriyā bhavissati (l shall die in 6 months, i.e. not…

…Thag.395; Thag-a.179;

• -āyatana the field of objects of ideation SN.ii.72; Dhs.58, Dhs.66, Dhs.147, Dhs.397, Dhs.572…

…mentioned with; khandha & āyatana; (sensory element & element of sense-perception) as bodily or physical element, factor (see…

…-āyatana an olfactory sense-relation, belonging to the six bāhirāni āyatanāni, the objective sensations…

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

…nose is cut off).

• -āyatana the organ of smell DN.iii.243, DN.iii.280; Dhs.585 Dhs.605, Dhs.608; *…

…(Book VIII. of the Saḷāyatana-Vagga) SN.iv.305 sq.; & of the Gāmaṇī Jātaka Ja.i.136, Ja.i.137
■ SN.iv.306 (Talapuṭa naṭa˚),…

…Dhp-a.ii.33.

• -āyatana the organ of taste DN.iii.243, DN.iii.280, DN.iii.290; Dhs.585, Dhs.609, Dhs.653; *…

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

…-āyatana 1 work Vb.324, cp Mil.78; 2 action = kamma Ja.iii.542; cp. Ja.iv.451, Ja.iv.452 *…

…the base or object of a kasiṇa exercise (see above as 10 such objects) DN.iii.268; MN.ii.14; Pts.i.28…

…SN.i.134; kh˚-dh˚-āyatanaṃ sankhataṃ jātimūlaṃ Thig.472; dhammaṃ adesesi khandh’ āyatana-dhātuyo Thig.43 (cp….

…proficiency in attention; āyatana˚ skill in the spheres; paṭiccasamuppāda˚ skill in conditioned Genesis; ṭhāna˚ and aṭṭhāna˚…

…the sense of touch (see āyatana) DN.iii.243; SN.v.351; Dhs.585, Dhs.616, Dhs.651, Dhs.684; ˚ja arisen through touch or…

…follow khandha˚, dhātu˚, āyatana˚ (= immaterial). Similarly at Mnd.29, where apāya˚; takes the place of niraya˚, tiracchāna˚,…

…of the terms (man-) āyatana (man-) indriya and (mano-) dhātu, which are…

…of the terms (man-) āyatana (man-) indriya and (mano-) dhātu, which are…

…senses at Dhs.961: rūp’ āyatanaṃ diṭṭhaṃ; sadd-āyat. sutaṃ gandh˚, ras˚, phoṭṭhabb˚ mutaṃ; sabbaṃ rūpaṃ manasā…

…māro, dhātu˚, āyatana˚
■ Other general epithets of M (quasi twin-embodiments) are given with *Kaṇha Adhipati, Antaka,…

…8 Ākiñcaññāyatana˚; 9 Nevasaññâsaññâyatana˚-nava sotā (Snp.197) or nava dvārā (Vv-a.76; variant reading mukhā), 9…

…nevasaññā-nâsañña (being) neither perception nor non-perception, only in cpd. ˚āyatana & in nevasaññī-nâsaññin: see…

…for ref. SN.ii.244 sq (saḷāyatanaṃ a.), SN.ii.248 (dhātuyo); SN.iii.102 (rūpa etc.), SN.iv.131, SN.iv.151; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52; AN.v.187 sq.,…

…viññāṇa & to cause saḷāyatana (the 6 senses), DN.ii.34; Vin.i.1 sq.; SN.ii.6 sq.; Snp.872 (nāmañ ca rūpañca paṭicca phassā; see in…

…a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta,…

striving after, effort, endeavour Kp-a.108.

cp. Sk. prayatna, of yat

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

…& form Mrs. Rh. D.); saḷāyatana the senses (6 organs of sense Cpd.; the sixfold sphere Mrs. Rh. D.),…

…Cpd. 12, 14, 94.

• -āyatana organ of contact (6, referring to the several senses) Pv-a.52. *…

…under rūpa) See also āyatana
■ DN.iii.102 (in list of ajjhattikabāhirāni āyatanāni: kāyo c’ eva…

…(= seṇi Pp-a 210).

• -āyatana guild’s property Ja.vi.108 (= pūga-santaka dhana C.). *…

(rajas) & Raja neuter

1. Forms.
   ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

…See also āyatana 3 and rūpa
■ MN.iii.55 (jivhā-viññeyya r.), MN.iii.267; DN.iii.244,…

…Ja.v.444 (˚majjhe).

• -āyatana Name of a tree: “Kingstead tree,” the royal tree (as residence of a king of fairies),…

…Ja.v.444 (˚majjhe).

• -āyatana Name of a tree: “Kingstead tree,” the royal tree (as residence of a king of fairies),…

…585–980.

1. rūpa as āyatana or sense object. It is the object of the activity or sphere of the organ of sight (cakkhu)…

the six organs of sense and the six objects-viz., eye ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; forms, sounds, odouis tastes, tangible things, ideas; occupying the fourth place in the Paṭiccasamuppāda DN.ii …

…a craft Vv-a.138.

• -āyatana object or branch of study, art DN.i.51; Mil.78; Vb-a.490 (pāpaka). *…

…by hearing AN.ii.185.

• -āyatana the sense of hearing Dhs.601 sq.; DN.ii.243, DN.ii.280, DN.ii.290.
• -āvadhāna giving…

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

…them into error).

• -āyatana the sphere or fold of a sect (cp. titthiya Vin.i.60, Vin.i.69; Vin.ii.279; MN.i.483;…

heaping up, gathering, accumulation, heap. As t.t. with ref. to kamma “conservation”, with ref. to body & form “integration” (See discussion & defin. at; Cpd. 253; Dhs trsl. 195). DN.i.76 (= odana …

1. putting down or under, foundation basis, ground, substratum (of rebirth) SN.i.117, SN.i.124 SN.i.134, SN.i.186; AN.ii.24 (˚sankhaya); AN.iii.382 (id.); AN.iv.150 (˚kkhaya); Iti.21, Iti.69; Snp.364, …

…(+ khetta [in fig. sense!], āyatana & adhikaraṇa); AN.iv.334; DN.i.13 sq. (aṭṭhādasahi vatthūhi etc.) Ja.ii.5 (avatthumhi chandaṃ…

…of viññāṇ’ānañc’āyatana ākiñcaññ’āyatana, neva-saññā-n’āsaññ’āyatana, saññāvedayita-nirodha DN.iii.262 (cp….

…of viññāṇ’ānañc’āyatana ākiñcaññ’āyatana, neva-saññā-n’āsaññ’āyatana, saññāvedayita-nirodha DN.iii.262 (cp….

…SN.iii.58; AN.iv.428.

• -āyatana point or occasion of emancipation of which there are 5, viz. hearing the Dhamma taught by…

…-ānañc’āyatana infinitude (-sphere) of life-force or mind-matter DN.i.35, DN.i.184, DN.i.223; DN.iii.224, DN.iii.262,…

…ariyaṃ āyatanaṃ yavatā vanippatho idaṃ agga-nagaraṃ bhavissati Pātaliputtaṃ puṭa-bhedanaṃ Vin.i.229 = Ud.88…

…Mil.342.

• -āyatana realm or sphere of nothingness (cp. ākāsa˚ DN.i.35, DN.i.184; DN.ii.156; DN.iii.224,…

…2 viññāṇ’ānañc-āyatana 3 ākiñcaññ˚ 4 n’eva saññānâsaññ˚, 5 nirodha, 6 phala
■ DN.i.34 DN.i.183; DN.ii.70,…

…with āyatana (see āyatana³), so that it sometimes takes its place, it is also similar…

…Kp-a.82 (in etym. of āyatana); Pv-a.130. 4. (āyā f.?) a lucky dice (“the incomer”) Ja.vi.281.

• -kammika a…

adjective belonging to the sphere of (some special sense, see āyatana 3) SN.iv.126 (phass niraya & sagga).

fr. āyatana