Dhammayatana, Dhammāyatana, Dhamma-ayatana: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Dhammayatana means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
'mind-object as base' (āyatana).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Dhammāyatana refers to: the field of objects of ideation S.II, 72; Dhs.58, 66, 147, 397, 572, 594; Vbh.70, 72 sq.;
Note: dhammāyatana is a Pali compound consisting of the words dhamma and āyatana.
1) dhammāyatana (ဓမ္မာယတန) [(na) (န)]—
[dhammāyatana+gaṇana．kye.]
[ဓမ္မာယတန+ဂဏန။ နောက်ပုဒ်ကျေ။]
2) dhammāyatana (ဓမ္မာယတန) [(na) (န)]—
[dhamma+āyatana]
[ဓမ္မ+အာယတန]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) dhammāyatana—
(Burmese text): တရားဟူသော-ဖြစ်ရာ-တည်ရာ-စုဝေးရာ-ပေါင်းဆုံရာ-အာရုံ-အကြောင်း။
(Auto-Translation): The essence of truth - existence - presence - gathering - convergence - perception - reason.
2) dhammāyatana—
(Burmese text): ဓမ္မာယတနကို ရေတွက်-ခြင်း-ကြောင်း သင်္ချာ။
(Auto-Translation): Mathematics concerned with counting phenomena.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ganana, Dhammayatana, Ayatana, Dhamma, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma.
Starts with: Dhammayatanadhammadhatupariyapanna, Dhammayatanaganana, Dhammayatananiddesa, Dhammayatanantogadha, Dhammayatanavajja, Dhammayatanekadesa.
Full-text: Dhammayatanaganana, Dhammayatanekadesa, Dhammayatanavajja, Dhammayatananiddesa, Dhammayatanantogadha, Fa chu, Ayatanika, Dhamma.
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Listening to the Dhamma (by Nina van Gorkom)
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
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Catusacca Dipani (by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw)
The Twelve Ayatana Bases < [Part I - The Manual Of The Four Noble Truths]
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Chapter XI - The Category Of Form Under An Elevenfold Aspect < [Book II - Form]
A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada (by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw)
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
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