Indriya

Indriya (literally "belonging to or agreeable to Indra") is the Sanskrit and Pali term for physical strength or ability in general,[1][2][3][4] and for and specifically refers to the five spiritual faculties, the five or six sensory faculties, and the twenty-two phenomenological faculties.[a]

  1. ^ Bodhi (2000), p. 1509
  2. ^ Conze (1993), n. 1
  3. ^ Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 122, entry "indriya"
  4. ^ Thanissaro (1998), Part II, sec. E, "The Five Faculties."


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