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.