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BioAayatana: n. (Sanskrit) (from a towards + the verbal root yat to rest in or on, make effort in or on)
1. A resting place, seat, or abode; an altar, place of the sacred fire; a sanctuary, inner or outer.
2. In Buddhism, the six ayatanas (shadayatanas), enumerated as the five senses plus manas, are regarded as the inner seats or foci of the lower consciousness, functioning through the ordinary five sense organs plus the manasic organ in the body, the brain. They are therefore classed as one of the twelve nidanas (bonds, halters, links) composing the chain of causation or lower causes of existence.
1. A resting place, seat, or abode; an altar, place of the sacred fire; a sanctuary, inner or outer.
2. In Buddhism, the six ayatanas (shadayatanas), enumerated as the five senses plus manas, are regarded as the inner seats or foci of the lower consciousness, functioning through the ordinary five sense organs plus the manasic organ in the body, the brain. They are therefore classed as one of the twelve nidanas (bonds, halters, links) composing the chain of causation or lower causes of existence.
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