six consciousnesses
Buddhist term for the six types of vijñāna (consciousness) arising from the six sense organs: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind (manas).
In Buddhism, the six consciousnesses refer to eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, and mind-consciousness.
From 六 (six) + 識 (consciousness, vijñāna), a direct translation of the Sanskrit term ṣaḍvijñāna.