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A classification of phenomena. This classification has 6-pairs of inner entrances and outer entrances for producing cognition within the kāmadhātu.  
A classification model of phenomena. This classification has 6-pairs of inner entrances and outer entrances for producing cognition within the kāmadhātu.  





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Sanskrit:द्वादशायतनानि dvādaśāyatanāni
Pāli:द्वादसायतनानि dvādasāyatanāni
Tibetan:སྐྱེ་མཆེད་བཅུ་གཉིས་ skye mched bcu gnyis
Thai: อายตนะ 12
English: 12 entrances

Grammatical information:
This is a "dvigu" compound(samāsa) with dvādaśa(twelve) + āyatana as āyatanāni (vocative - neuter - plural)


Further information:


A classification model of phenomena. This classification has 6-pairs of inner entrances and outer entrances for producing cognition within the kāmadhātu.


These inner āyatana "dominantly" correspond with the outer āyatana in this list:

inner āyatana outer āyatana
cakṣu (eye)
rūpa (form)
śrotra (ear)
śabda (sound)
ghrāṇa (nose) gandha (smell)
jihvā (tongue)
rasa (taste)
kāya (body)
sparśa (touch)
mana (mind)
dharma (mind object)



According to Abhidharma, the manāyatana has ability to take the former cognition produced from all 6 āyatanas as the mind object for the production of cognition as well.