ayatana

āyatana

substantif (neutre) : étendue, lieu, endroit ; position, sphère (d'activité), pratique, exercice ; sphère de perception, activité sensorielle, organe sensoriel

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

āyatana (nt.) [Sk.āyatana,not found in the Vedas; but freq.in BSk.From ā + yam,cp.āyata.The pl.is āyatanā at S.IV,70.– For full definition of term as seen by the Pāli Commentators see Bdhgh’s expln at DA.I,124,125,with which cp.the popular etym.at KhA 82:“āyassa vā tananato āyatassa vā saṁsāradukkhassa 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 Bdhgh’s definition at DA.I,124 as “samosaraṇa") D.III,241,279 (vimutti°); S.II,41,269; IV,217; V,119 sq.,318.sq.; A.III,141 (ariya°); V,61 (abhibh°,q.v.) Sn.406 (rajass° “haunt of passion" = rāgādi-rajassa uppatti-deso SnA 381); J.I,80 (raj°).Freq.in phrase araññ° a lonely spot,a spot in the forest J.I,173; VvA.301; PvA.42,54.–
2.exertion,doing,working,practice,performance (comprising Bdhgh’s definition at DA.I,124 as paññatti),usually –°,viz.kamm° Nd1 505; Vbh.324,353; kasiṇ° A.V,46 sq.,60; Ps.I,28; titth° A.I,173,175; Vbh.145,367; sipp° (art,craft) D.I,51; Nd2 505; Vbh.324,353; cp.an° non-exertion,indolence,sluggishness J.V,121.–
3.sphere of perception or sense in general,object of thought,sense-organ & object; relation,order.– Cpd.p.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 foll.:(a) ajjhatt°:1.cakkhu eye,2.sota ear,3.ghāna nose,4.jivhā tongue,5.kāya body,6.mano mind; (b) bāh°: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 & application see Dhs.trsl.introduction li sq.Cpd.90 n.2; 254 sq.– Approximately covering this meaning (3) is Bdhgh’s definition of āyatana at DA.I,124 as sañjāti and as kāraṇa (origin & cause,i.e.mutually occasioning & conditioning relations or adaptations).See also Nd2 under rūpa for further classifications.– For the above mentioned 12 āyatanāni see the foll.passages:D.II,302 sq.; III,102,243; A.III,400; V,52; Sn.373 (cp.SnA 366); Ps.I,7,22,101,137; II,181,225,230; Dhs.1335; Vbh.401 sq.; Nett 57,82; Vism.481; ThA.49,285.Of these 6 are mentioned at S.I,113,II.3; IV,100,174 sq.; It.114; Vbh.135 sq.,294; Nett 13,28,30; Vism.565 sq.Other sets of 10 at Nett 69; of 4 at D.II,112,156; of 2 at D.II,69.– Here also belongs ākās’ānañc’āyatana,ākiñcaññ° etc.(see under ākāsa etc.and s.v.),e.g.at D.I,34 sq.,183; A.IV,451 sq.; Vbh.172,189,262 sq.; Vism.324 sq.– Unclassified passages:M.I,61; II,233; III,32,216,273; S.I,196; II,6,8,24,72 sq.; III,228; IV,98; V,426; A.I,113,163,225; III,17,27,82,426; IV,146,426; V,30,321,351,359; Nd1 109,133,171,340; J.I,381 (paripuṇṇa°); Vbh.412 sq.(id.). –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.–ṭṭha founded in the sense-organs Ps.I,132; II,121.

Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

āyatana [act. āyat_1] n. demeure, résidence, patrie; siège, refuge | soc. sanctuaire, temple [«demeure de dieu»]; emplacement du foyer sacré, autel | phil. site de perception sensorielle ou de la pensée; cf. ṣaḍāyatana.

 
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