[translation-san] {MSA,C,MV} āyatana

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} sense-sphere; sensory sphere; source [of consciousness]; sphere

[translation-eng] {C} sense-field; occasion for

[division-bod] dbye ba1 phyi'i skye mched 2 nang gi skye mched

[division-eng] Div:external sense-spheres (i.e., the six sense-spheres of forms, sounds, odors, tastes, tangible objects, and [other] phenomena) and internal sense-spheres (i.e., the six sense-spheres of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mental sense powers)

[comments] Comment: That which opens, or increases, the production of consciousness.