触そく

noun

contact; touch

In Buddhist philosophy, one of the mental factors or sense-impressions; the coming together of sense organ, object, and consciousness.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、触そくは六ろっ根こん・六ろっ境きょう・六ろく識しきの和わ合ごうによって生しょうじるとされる。

  In Buddhism, contact is said to arise from the conjunction of the six sense organs, six sense objects, and six consciousnesses.

noun

tactile object; tangible thing

Specifically refers to the object of touch in Buddhist analysis of perception; a technical term.

• 触そくは、眼めに見みえる色いろや耳みみに聞きこえる音おとと同おなじく、感かん覚かくの対たい象しょうの一ひとつである。

  Tangible objects are one type of sense object, like visible forms or audible sounds.

noun

uncleanliness; impurity

Rare Buddhist usage; refers to a state of defilement or impurity associated with sensory contact. Not used in everyday Japanese.

• 一いち部ぶの経きょう典てんでは、触そくが不ふ浄じょうと結むすびつけて説とかれることがある。

  In some scriptures, contact is discussed in connection with impurity.