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dbang shes

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[translation-san] indriya-jñāna

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} sense-consciousness; main sense-consciousness; sense-cognition

[definition-bod] mtshan nyidrang gi thun mong ma yin pa'i bdag rkyen dbang po gzugs can pa la brten nas skye ba'i rig pa/

[definition-eng] Definition: an awareness which arises in dependence upon its own uncommon empowering condition, a physical sense-power{BR}

[division-bod] dbye ba1 mig shes/ 2 rna shes/ 3 sna shes/ 4 lce shes/ 5 lus shes

[division-eng] Divisions: (1) eye consciousness; (2) ear consciousness; (3) nose consciousness; (4) tongue consciousness; (5) bodily consciousness

[comments] one of the two divisions of consciousness (shes pa); the other is mental cognition (yid shes)