Ayatana · neuter (& masculine) · āyatana 1
sphere
Āyatana (neuter) [Sanskrit āyatana, not found in the Vedas; but frequent in BHS From ā + yam, cf. āyata. The plural is āyatanā at S IV 70. — For full definition of term as seen by the Pāli commentators see Buddhaghosa's explained at Sv I 124, 125, with which cf. the popular etymology at Pj I 82: "āyassa vā tananato āyatassa vā saṃsāra-dukkhassa nayanato āyatanāni" and at Vism 527 "āye tanoti āyatañ ca nayatī ti ā."] 1. stretch, extent, reach, compass region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Buddhaghosa's definition at Sv I 124 as "samosaraṇa") D III 241, 279 (vimutti°); S II 41, 269; IV 217; V 119 f., 318. f.; A III 141 (ariya°); V 61 (abhibh°, q.v.) Snp 406 (rajass° "haunt of passion" = rāgādi-rajassa uppatti-deso Pj II 381); Ja I 80 (raj°). Frequently in phrase araññ° a lonely spot, a spot in the forest Ja I 173; Vv-a 301; Pv-a 42, 54. 2. exertion, doing, working, practice, performance (comprising Buddhaghosa's definition at Sv I 124 as paññatti), usually —°, viz. kamm° Nidd I 505; Vibh 324, 353; kasiṇ° A V 46 f., 60; Paṭis I 28; titth° A I 173, 175; Vibh 145, 367; sipp° (art, craft) D I 51; Nidd II §505; Vibh 324, 353; cf. an° non-exertion, indolence, sluggishness Ja V 121. 3. sphere of perception or sense in general, object of thought, sense-organ and object; relation, order. — Cpd. page 183 says rightly: "āyatana cannot be rendered by a single English word to cover both sense-organs (the mind being regarded as 6th sense) and sense objects". — These āyatanāni (relations, functions, reciprocalities) are thus divided into two groups, inner (ajjhattikāni) and outer (bāhirāni), and comprise the following: (a) ajjhattika: 1. cakkhu eye, 2. sota ear, 3. ghāna nose, 4. jivhā tongue, 5. kāya body, 6. mano mind; (b) bāhira: 1. rūpa visible object, 2. sadda sound, 3. gandha odour, 4. rasa taste, 5. phoṭṭhabba tangible object, 6. dhamma cognizable object. — For details as regards connotation and application see BMPE introduction lix f. Cpd. 90 note 2; 254 f. — Approximately covering this meaning (3) is Buddhaghosa's definition of āyatana at Sv I 124 as sañjāti and as kāraṇa (origin and cause, i.e. mutually occasioning and conditioning relations or adaptations). See also Nidd II under rūpa for further classifications. — For the above mentioned 12 āyatanāni see the following passages: D II 302 f.; III 102, 243; A III 400; V 52; Snp 373 (cf. Pj II 366); Paṭis I 7, 22, 101, 137; II 181, 225, 230; Dhs 1335; Vibh 401 f.; Nett 57, 82; Vism 481; Thig-a 49, 285. Of these 6 are mentioned at S I 113, II 3; IV 100, 174 f.; It 114; Vibh 135 f., 294; Nett 13, 28, 30; Vism 565 f. Other sets of 10 at Nett 69; of 4 at D II 112, 156; of 2 at D II 69. — Here also belongs ākāsānañcāyatana- ānañcaññ° etc. (see under ākāsa etc. and sub voce ), e.g. at D I 34 f., 183; A IV 451 f.; Vibh 172, 189, 262 f.; Vism 324 f. — Unclassified passages: M I 61; II 233; III 32, 216, 273; S I 196; II 6, 8, 24, 72 f.; III 228; IV 98; V 426; A I 113, 163, 225; III 17, 27, 82, 426; IV 146, 426; V 30, 321, 351, 359; Nidd I 109, 133, 171, 340; Ja I 381 (paripuṇṇa°); Vibh 412 f. (the same). {94} -uppāda birth of the āyatanas (see above 3) Vin I 185; -kusala skilled in the ā. M III 63; -kusalatā skill in the spheres (of sense) D III 212; Dhs 1335; -ṭ -ṭha founded in the sense-organs Paṭis I 132; II 121.
āyatana , nt. (in Skt. seat, abiding-place, home ; the following senses seem hardly, if at all, to occur in Skt. , but most of them apparently in Pali ), ( 1 ) department, field (of art): in śilpāyatana (= Pali sippāy°), Mv ii.434.16 sarvaśilpāyatanehi … kuśo kumāro viśiṣyati, Prince Kuśa excelled in all departments of art ; but the same word is also used ( 2 ) personally, applying to practitioners of the arts (perhaps as vessels , pātra, of the arts, cf. 3 below): Mv iii.113.12 sarve ca kapilavāstavyā śilpāyatanā (as masc. ? one ms. °nāḥ!), tad yathā lohakārakā etc. (list of artisans), all the artisans of Kapilavastu, such as … ; similarly iii.442.17 śilpāyatanā (no v.l. ), tad yathā lohakārakā etc. ; in the same way tīrthyāyatana ( vessel of heresy? ) is used of heretical teachers Av i.231.3 yānīmāni … pṛthag loke [Page101-b] tīrthyāyatanāni, tad yathā, Pūraṇaḥ Kāśyapo Māskarī etc. (all persons); Pali has titthāyatana, nt. , only as heretical school or doctrine ( acc. to Ledi Sadaw JPTS 1913.117 harbours of error ), or at least, it seems, never clearly of persons (some passages are ambiguous and might be so interpreted); Pali sippāyatana also does not seem to be applied to artisans, but only to crafts; ( 3 ) a worthy object ( cf. an-āy° ), = Skt. pātra: Divy 419.(22—)23 (api tu Buddhadharmasaṃghe) prasādam utpādaya, eṣa āyatanagataḥ prasāda iti, … this is favor bestowed on a worthy object ; ( 4 ) stage of ecstasy or trance (four such), see ākāśānantyāyat°, vijñānānantyāyat°, ākiṃcanyāyat°, naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyat° : listed Mvy 3110—3113 ; also 1492—5 in list of samāpatti , q.v. ; Dharmas 129 ; see also s.v. deva ; ( 5 ) sense; organ of sense (six in number), distinguished as ādhyātmika āy° (= Pali ajjhattika āy°) or as sparśāy° (= Pali phassāy°); likewise object of sense (also six), distinguished as bāhira (= Pali id. ) or bāhya āy°: Mvy 2027 dvādaśāyatanāni, listed 2028—2039 in pairs, each cpd. with āyatanam (cakṣur-āy° etc. ); the standard list contains six of each category, viz. cakṣus and rūpa, śrotra and śabda, ghrāṇa and gandha, jihvā and rasa, kāya and spraṣṭavya ( q.v. ), manas and dharma (2); Dharmas 24 lists each group of six as a (dvandva) cpd. concluded by āyatanāni (with sparśa in lieu of spraṣṭavya); Śikṣ 244.15 ṣaḍ imāni … sparśāyatanāni, katamāni ṣaṭ, cakṣuḥ sparśāyatanaṃ rūpāṇāṃ darśanāya, etc. , including kāya (read kāyaḥ) sparśāy° spraṣṭavyānāṃ sparśanāya, manaḥ sparśāy° dharmāṇāṃ vijñānāya; ādhyātmikam āy° and bāhiram āy° Mv iii.66.3 ff. (parallel passage in Pali , MN i.190.20 ff. ); ṣaḍ-āyatanam, the six senses (sense-organs and their respective objects, each pair regarded as a unit), one of the steps in the pratītya-samutpāda (= Pali saḷāyatana), Mvy 2246 ; Mv ii.285.9 f. ; LV 347.2, 4 ; etc. , cf. Lévi, Sūtrāl. xi.30 , Transl. n. 2 ; actions are rooted in them, LV 374.13 ( vs ) iha me karmavidhānā … ṣaḍāyatanamūlā, chinnā drumendramūle ( i.e. by attaining Buddhahood); compounded or associated with skandha , q.v. , and dhātu ( element , q.v. ), the total being an expression for states of physical existence, LV 420.17 ( vs ) na skandha āyatana dhātu (better as dvandva cpd. ?) vademi buddhaṃ, I do not call … the Buddha ; LV 177.5 (cited Śikṣ 240.5 ; vs ) skandhadhātvāyatanāni ( prob. read with Śikṣ skandhāyatanāni, better meter; so also Tib. ) dhātavaḥ; Laṅk 18.6 skandha-dhātv-āyatanopagānāṃ sarvadharmāṇām; ( 6 ) abhibhv-āyatana , see s.v. ; ( 7 ) kṛtsnāyatana , q.v. , s.v. kṛtsna .
resting-place, abode; source; region, sphere, field, area; transcendental sphere, plane of experience; transcendental state of mind in meditation; sphere of perception, the sense-organs (including mind) and their objects
【中】 界，範圍，區域，感覺器官，位置。
(nt, nt) sense base; internal sense organ sense-organ [lit.] stretching out Construction: ā + √yat + ana
(nt, nt) external sense field; sense range [lit.] stretching out Construction: ā + √yat + ana
(nt, nt) realm; sphere; dimension; range sphere, region, position [lit.] stretching out Construction: ā + √yat + ana
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