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आयतनिक (Ayatanika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-āyatanika, ifc. adj. (āyatana 5 with suffix ika), in dharmāyatanikam Mvy 〔7565〕, prob. having to do with or based on the ‘sphere’ of dharmas (as objects of manas, see āyatana 5), i.e. ‘objects of ideation’ (PTSD s.v. dhamma, cpd. dhammāyatana). In Pali, -āyatanika is recorded PTSD only in phassāyatanikā nāma nirayā, and saggā, SN 〔iv.126.4—5〕 and 17—18, hells or heavens based on the ‘contact fields’ or senses (cf. sparśāyatana s.v. āyatana 5), with unpleasant or pleasant sensations respectively.