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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

āyatanika : (adj.) belonging to a region.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Āyatanika, (adj.) (fr. āyatana) belonging to the sphere of (some special sense, see āyatana 3) S. IV, 126 (phass° niraya & sagga). (Page 105)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Āyatanika (आयतनिक).—(-āyatanika), ifc. adj. (āyatana 5 with suffix ika), in dharmāyatanikam Mahāvyutpatti 7565, probably having to do with or based on the ‘sphere’ of dharmas (as objects of manas, see āyatana 5), i.e. ‘objects of ideation’ ([Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] s.v. dhamma, [compound] dhammāyatana). In Pali, -āyatanika is recorded [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] only in phassāyatanikā nāma nirayā, and…saggā, SN iv.126.4—5 and 17—18, hells or heavens based on the ‘con- tact fields’ or senses (compare sparśāyatana s.v. āyatana 5), with unpleasant or pleasant sensations respectively.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Ends with: Dharmayatanika.

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