Cognitive source

The eighteen sources – literally, the eighteen constituent components – of all valid cognition: the six types of consciousness, six types of cognitive objects and six types of cognitive sensors. Thus, the eighteen cognitive sources include all validly knowable phenomena.

Tibetan: ཁམས། khams

Sanskrit: dhātu

Synonyms: Constituent component


Other languages

Deutsch: Kognitive Quelle
Español: Fuente cognitiva

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