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saḷāyatanañca

saḷāyatana

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  1. six sense fields; six sense spheres; i.e. eye and forms, ear and sounds, nose and smells, tongue and tastes, body and physical sensations, mind and mental phenomena
  2. related to the six sense fields
  3. in reference to Saḷāyatanavagga, Vagga 15 of the Majjhima Nikāya (MN143-152); lit. six fields

Analysis. saḷāyatanaṃ + ca

Etymology. cha + [ḷ] + āyatana; Sanskrit ṣaḍāyatana

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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