-āyatanika (2856)

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-āyatanika
Entry 2856, Page 101, Col. 2
(Ayatanika, -Ayatanika)
-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 ‘con- tact fields’ or senses (cf. sparśāyatana s.v. āyatana 5), with unpleasant or pleasant sensations respectively.

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