āyatana
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀆𑀬𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- आयतन (Devanagari script)
- আযতন (Bengali script)
- ආයතන (Sinhalese script)
- အာယတန (Burmese script)
- อายตน or อายะตะนะ (Thai script)
- ᩋᩣᨿᨲᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ອາຍຕນ or ອາຍະຕະນະ or ອາຢຕນ or ອາຢະຕະນະ (Lao script)
- អាយតន (Khmer script)
Noun
āyatana n
- sphere
- region
- sense-organ
- sensed object
- 2017 July 19, Rajan, Vinodh; Mitchell, Ben; Jansche, Martin; Brawer, Sascha, “Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali (revised)”, in Unicode Document Register L2017/17106r (PDF), page 20:
- ຣູປາຍະຕະນັງ ສັທຘາຍະຕະນັງ
ຆັນຘາຍະຕະນັງ ຣະສາຍະຕະນັງ ໂຜຏຖັພພາຍະຕະນັງ ມະໂນຘາຕຸຍາ
ຕັງ ສັມປະຍຸຕຕະການັຎຈະ ຘັມມານັງ ອະວິຄະຕະປັຈຈະເຍນະ ປັຈ
ຈະໂຍ- rūpāyatanaṃ saddhāyatanaṃ ghandhāyatanaṃ rasāyatanaṃ phoṭthabbāyatanaṃ manodhātuyā taṃ sampayuttakānañca dhammānaṃ avigatapaccayena paccayo
- Visible object, sound, odour, taste, and tangible object are the cause of the factors of the mind-element and its concomitants via the non-disappearance condition
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- position
Declension
Declension table of "āyatana" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | āyatanaṃ | āyatanāni |
| Accusative (second) | āyatanaṃ | āyatanāni |
| Instrumental (third) | āyatanena | āyatanehi or āyatanebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | āyatanassa or āyatanāya or āyatanatthaṃ | āyatanānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | āyatanasmā or āyatanamhā or āyatanā | āyatanehi or āyatanebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | āyatanassa | āyatanānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | āyatanasmiṃ or āyatanamhi or āyatane | āyatanesu |
| Vocative (calling) | āyatana | āyatanāni |
Derived terms
- cakkhāyatana (“organ or sense of sight”)
References
āyatana in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)