Indriya - Wikipedia
WEBIndriya (literally "belonging to or agreeable to Indra ") is the Sanskrit and Pali term for physical strength or ability in general, and for the senses more specifically.
Indriya - Encyclopedia of Buddhism
WEBIndriya (P. indriya; T. dbang po; C. gen. J. kon) is typically translated as "faculty" and is used in the following contexts: the five or six sensory faculties. the five spiritual faculties. the twenty-two phenomenological faculties.
Indriya | Yoga, Dharma & Vedanta | Britannica
WEBIndriya, (Sanskrit: “faculty”), according to Indian philosophy, the instruments of a person’s direct perception of the outside world. They are of two kinds, motoric and sensory. The motoric faculties are those of speaking, grasping, walking, ejaculating, and evacuating.
What is Indriya? - Definition from Yogapedia
WEBDec 21, 2023 · Indriya is a term in Indian philosophy that refers to the sensory, spiritual or phenomenological faculties. It is a Sanskrit and Pali word that translates as “belonging to/agreeable to Indra,” who is the king of the gods in the “ Rig Veda. In Buddhism, the term refers to the five spiritual faculties, five or six sensory faculties or 22 ...
Indriya, Imdriya: 33 definitions - Wisdom Library
WEBOct 19, 2023 · Indriya (इन्द्रिय, “senses”) refers to one of the twelve prameya (“objects of valid knowledge) according to the first chapter of Gautama’s Nyāyasūtra (2nd century CE). Prameya in turn represents the second of the sixteen padārthas (“categories”). Accordingly, “the indriyas are nose, tongue, eye, skin and ear.
The Five Faculties (Indriya)
WEBIndriya - the Pali word translated here as "faculty" - is connected with the name of the dominant Vedic god, Indra. Thus it carries connotations of dominance or control. Buddhist texts contain several lists of faculties, both physical and mental, but here the word denotes a list of five mental factors that must reach a state of dominance in the ...
Indriya - Oxford Reference
WEBOverview. indriya. Quick Reference. In an elaboration of the usual five senses (indriyas), Sāṃkhya ontology posits five sense capacities, or ‘organs of knowledge’ (buddhīndriyas), and five motor organs or ‘organs of action’ (karmendriyas), which it regards, along with manas, as evolutes of ahaṃkāra. From: indriya in A Dictionary of Hinduism »
Indriya - Dhamma Wiki
WEBNov 9, 2008 · Indriya: 'abilities', is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are: 6 Bases āyatana : 1. eye: cakkhu 2. ear: sota 3. nose: ghāna 4. tongue: jivhā 5. body: kāya 6. mind: mano. Gender bhava :
Indriyas - Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
WEBIndriya-s literally means ‘sense-organs’. They enable a human being to acquire knowledge from the external world and to react to it. They are generally grouped into two categories: The Jñānendriya - organs of knowledge. The Karmendriya- organs of action.
Indriya - Wikiwand
WEBIndriya is the Sanskrit and Pali term for physical strength or ability in general, and for the senses more specifically. The term literally means "belonging to Indra," chief deity in the Rig Veda and lord of the Trāyastriṃśa heaven hence connoting supremacy, dominance and control, attested in the general meaning of "power, strength" from ...
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