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Eighteen dhatus (Skt. aṣṭadaśa dhātu; Wyl. khams bco brgyad) - a classification of all knowable things and events into eighteen 'elements'.

One categorization is:

the six sense objects (Skt. viṣayadhātu; Wyl. dmigs yul gyi khams) of visible forms, sounds, smells, tastes, textures or tangible objects and mental objects (Skt. dharma)
the six sense faculties (Skt. indriyadhdhātu; Wyl. dbang po'i khams): the eye faculty, the ear faculty, the nose faculty, the tongue faculty, the body faculty and the mental faculty
the six sense consciousnesses (Skt. vijñanadhātu; Wyl. rnam shes kyi khams)

According to Abhidharma, the eighteen dhatus are categorized differently, i.e. in relation to the five skandhas.

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-'''Eighteen dhatus''' (Skt. ''aṣṭadaśadhātu''; [[Wyl.]] ''khams bco brgyad'') - the six sense objects, six sense faculties and six sense consciousnesses.
+'''Eighteen dhatus''' (Skt. ''aṣṭadaśa dhātu''; [[Wyl.]] ''khams bco brgyad'') - a classification of all knowable things and events into eighteen 'elements'.
+One categorization is:
+*the '''six sense objects''' (Skt. ''viṣayadhātu''; Wyl. ''dmigs yul gyi khams'') of visible forms, sounds, smells, tastes, textures or tangible objects and mental objects (Skt. ''[[dharma]]'')
+*the '''six sense faculties''' (Skt. ''indriyadhdhātu''; Wyl. ''dbang po'i khams''): the eye faculty, the ear faculty, the nose faculty, the tongue faculty, the body faculty and the mental faculty
+*the '''[[six consciousnesses|six sense consciousnesses]]''' (Skt. ''vijñanadhātu''; Wyl. ''rnam shes kyi khams'')
+According to [[Abhidharma]], the eighteen dhatus are categorized differently, i.e. in relation to the [[five skandhas]].
 ==Alternative Translations==
-*Eighteen elements
+*eighteen elements
-*Eighteen psychophysical bases (Dorje & Kapstein)
+*eighteen psychophysical bases (Dorje & Kapstein)
 [[Category:Enumerations]]
 [[Category:Abhidharma]]