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'''Eighteen dhatus''' (Skt. ''aṣṭadaśa dhātu''; [[Wyl.]] ''khams bco brgyad'') — a classification of all knowable things and events into eighteen 'elements'.
'''Eighteen dhatus''' (Skt. ''aṣṭadaśa dhātu''; Tib. ཁམས་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་, ''kham chobgyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''khams bco brgyad'') — a classification of all [[knowable thing]]s into eighteen 'elements'.
 
*the '''six sense objects''' (Skt. ''viṣayadhātu''; Wyl. ''dmigs yul gyi khams''):
**visible forms (Skt. ''rūpa-dhātu'')
**sounds (Skt. ''śabda-dhātu'')
**smells (Skt. ''gandha-dhātu'')
**tastes (Skt. ''rasa-dhātu'')
**textures (Skt. ''spraṣṭavya-dhātu'')
**mental objects (Skt. ''dharma dhātu'')
 
*'''six sense faculties''' (Skt. ''indriyadhdhātu''; Wyl. ''dbang po'i khams''):
**eye faculty (Skt. ''cakṣur-dhātu'')
**ear faculty (Skt. ''śrotra-dhātu'')
**nose faculty (Skt. ''ghrāṇa-dhātu'')
**tongue faculty (Skt. ''jihva-dhātu'')
**body faculty (Skt. ''kāya-dhātu'')
**mental faculty (Skt. ''mano-dhātu'')


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'')
*the '''[[six consciousnesses|six sense consciousnesses]]''' (Skt. ''vijñanadhātu''; Wyl. ''rnam shes kyi khams'')
**eye-consciousness (Skt. ''cakṣur-vijñanadhātu'')
**ear-consciousness (Skt. ''śrotra-vijñanadhātu'')
**nose-consciousness (Skt. ''ghrāṇa-vijñanadhātu'')
**tongue-consciousness (Skt. ''jihva-vijñanadhātu'')
**body-consciousness (Skt. ''kāya-vijñanadhātu'')
**mind-consciousness (Skt. ''mano-vijñanadhātu'')


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


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*eighteen components of perception ([[LCN]])
*eighteen elements
*eighteen elements
*eighteen psychophysical bases (Dorje & Kapstein)
*eighteen psychophysical bases (Dorje & Kapstein)
*eighteen sensory spectra (Dorje & Coleman)
*eighteen sensory spectra (Dorje & Coleman)


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[[Category:Abhidharma]]
[[Category:Eighteen dhatus]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:18-Eighteen]]
[[Category:18-Eighteen]]

Revision as of 06:26, 8 February 2019

Eighteen dhatus (Skt. aṣṭadaśa dhātu; Tib. ཁམས་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་, kham chobgyé, Wyl. khams bco brgyad) — a classification of all knowable things into eighteen 'elements'.

  • the six sense objects (Skt. viṣayadhātu; Wyl. dmigs yul gyi khams):
    • visible forms (Skt. rūpa-dhātu)
    • sounds (Skt. śabda-dhātu)
    • smells (Skt. gandha-dhātu)
    • tastes (Skt. rasa-dhātu)
    • textures (Skt. spraṣṭavya-dhātu)
    • mental objects (Skt. dharma dhātu)
  • six sense faculties (Skt. indriyadhdhātu; Wyl. dbang po'i khams):
    • eye faculty (Skt. cakṣur-dhātu)
    • ear faculty (Skt. śrotra-dhātu)
    • nose faculty (Skt. ghrāṇa-dhātu)
    • tongue faculty (Skt. jihva-dhātu)
    • body faculty (Skt. kāya-dhātu)
    • mental faculty (Skt. mano-dhātu)
  • the six sense consciousnesses (Skt. vijñanadhātu; Wyl. rnam shes kyi khams)
    • eye-consciousness (Skt. cakṣur-vijñanadhātu)
    • ear-consciousness (Skt. śrotra-vijñanadhātu)
    • nose-consciousness (Skt. ghrāṇa-vijñanadhātu)
    • tongue-consciousness (Skt. jihva-vijñanadhātu)
    • body-consciousness (Skt. kāya-vijñanadhātu)
    • mind-consciousness (Skt. mano-vijñanadhātu)

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

Alternative Translations

  • eighteen components of perception (LCN)
  • eighteen elements
  • eighteen psychophysical bases (Dorje & Kapstein)
  • eighteen sensory spectra (Dorje & Coleman)