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For first 5 types of cognition, 3 components are needed, these are, outerāyatana, corresponding inner āyatana, and the manāyatana. For the last type of cognition, which is the recognition of mind object, only the outer āyatana (dharmāyatana) and inner āyatana (manāyatana) are needed. Therefore, for all types of cognition to take place, manāyatana is an essential, as all the consciousnesses (vijñāna) are included in the manāyatana. The manāyatana also has ability to take the former moment of cognition of itself (of all 6 types), to produce the next cognition. | |||
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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 for cognition 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) |
For first 5 types of cognition, 3 components are needed, these are, outerāyatana, corresponding inner āyatana, and the manāyatana. For the last type of cognition, which is the recognition of mind object, only the outer āyatana (dharmāyatana) and inner āyatana (manāyatana) are needed. Therefore, for all types of cognition to take place, manāyatana is an essential, as all the consciousnesses (vijñāna) are included in the manāyatana. The manāyatana also has ability to take the former moment of cognition of itself (of all 6 types), to produce the next cognition.