Eighteen dhātus

''''' (Sanskrit) or (Pāḷi) means "heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings, clusters". In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging' (), the five material and mental factors that take part in the perpetual process of craving, clinging and aversion due to Avijja.

In Buddhism, āyatana (Pāli; Sanskrit: आयतन) is a "center of experience" or "mental home," which create one's experience. The related term ''''' (Pāli; Skt. ''''') refers to six cognitive functions, namely sight, hearing, smelling, tasting, body-cognition, and mind-cognition.

types of consciousness in Mahayana Buddhism