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十八界 (じゅうはちかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

十じゅう八はち界かい

also: じゅうはっかい

Meanings

1

noun

eighteen components of perception

Buddhism

Buddhist technical term: the six sense objects (六境), six sense faculties (六根), and six sense consciousnesses (六識).

See also: 六境 · 六根 · 六識

仏ぶっ教きょうの唯ゆい識しき論ろんでは、十じゅう八はち界かいが認にん識しきの枠わく組ぐみとして分ぶん析せきされる。
In Buddhist consciousness-only theory, the eighteen components of perception are analyzed as the framework of cognition.

Written forms

十八界
- じゅうはちかい
  Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term.
- じゅうはっかい
  Alternate reading; both じゅうはちかい and じゅうはっかい are used.
じゅうはっかい

Kanji

十ten
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)

界world, boundary

Similar words

六ろっ境きょう
六境 refers specifically to the six sense objects, which are one of the three groups within the 十八界.
六ろっ根こん
六根 refers to the six sense faculties, another subgroup of the 十八界.
六ろく識しき
六識 refers to the six sense consciousnesses, the third subgroup of the 十八界.

Etymology

From 十八 (eighteen) + 界 (realm, category). A Buddhist doctrinal term; the exact historical derivation is uncertain.