twelve born and increasing phenomena; the twelve sense bases / sources of perception. {phyi'i skye mched drug}. six outer sources of perception {nang gi skye mched drug}. six inner sources of perception. The 12 bases or media for a perception / cognition to occur. The sense-bases of 1) {mig}. 2) {rna ba}. 3) {sna}. 4) {lce}. 5) {lus}. 6) {yid}. 7) {gzugs}. 8) {sgra}. 9) {dri}. 10) {ro}. 11) {reg bya}. 12) {chos}. Eye, nose, ear, tongue, body, mind, form, sound, smell, taste, texture, mental object
Twelve sense-bases. The five senses and the mental faculty, and the five sense objects and mental objects
<term> twelve entrances, twelve sense fields, twelve sense sources