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Twelve ayatanas (Skt. dvādaśāyatana; Tib. སྐྱེ་མཆེད་བཅུ་གཉིས་, kyemché chunyi, Wyl. skye mched bcu gnyis) —

*the six sense objects (or six outer sources):
**sights (Skt. rūpa-āyatana; Wyl. gzugs kyi skye mched)
**sounds (Skt.śabda-āyatana; Wyl. sgra'i skye mched)
**smells (Skt. gandha-āyatana; Wyl. dri'i skye mched)
**tastes (Skt. rasa-āyatana; Wyl. ro'i skye mched)
**textures (Skt. spraṣṭavya-āyatana; Wyl. reg bya'i skye mched)
**mental objects (Skt. dharma-āyatana; Wyl. chos kyi skye mched)

*the six sense faculties (or six inner sources):
**eyes (Skt. cakṣur-āyatana; Wyl. mig gi skye mched)
**ears (Skt. śrotra-āyatana; Wyl. rna ba'i skye mched)
**nose (Skt. ghrāṇa-āyatana; Wyl. sna'i skye mched)
**tongue (Skt. jihva-āyatana; Wyl. lce'i skye mched)
**body (Skt.kāya-āyatana; Wyl. lus kyi skye mched)
**mind (Skt. mano-āyatana; Wyl. yid kyi skye mched)

Alternative Translations

*twelve bases of cognition
*twelve sources of consciousness
*twelve sense-fields
*twelve sense spheres
*twelve sense sources
*twelve sensory activity fields

Twelve ayatanas (CloudMonk.io)

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