aṣṭādaśa dhātavaḥ

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Sanskrit: अष्टादशधातवःaṣṭādaśadhātavaḥ
Pāli: अट्ठारसधातुयोaṭṭhārasadhātuyo
Tibetan:ཁམས་བཅུ་བརྒྱད་ཀྱི་མིང་ལ་khams bcu brgyad kyi ming la
Thai: ธาตุ 18
English: 12 elements


Grammatical information:
This is a "dvigu" compound(samāsa) with aṣṭādaśa(eighteen) + dhātu as āyatanāni (vocative - masculine - plural)


Further information:



viṣayadhātu(object element) indriyadhātu(domination element) vijñanadhātu(consciousness element)
rūpa (form)
cakṣu (eye)
cakṣu (eye)
śabda (sound)
śrotra (ear)
śrotra (ear)
gandha (smell)
ghrāṇa (nose) ghrāṇa (nose)
rasa (taste)
jihvā (tongue)
jihvā (tongue/tasting)
sparśa (tactile)
kāya (body)
kāya (body/tactile)
dharma (mind)
mana (mind*)
mano (mind)


For the first 5 , there are corresponding<a class="new" title="dharmas (page does not exist)" href="https://www.vyutpatti.wiki/index.php?title=dharmas&action=tinymceedit&redlink=1">dharmas</a>of “form-clarity” (rūpa-prasāda) in our body, a derivative type of form that can function as the basis(āśraya - the support) for the arising.