22 Phenomenological Faculties
In the Abhidhamma Pitaka, the notion of indriya is expanded to the twenty-two "phenomenological faculties" or "controlling powers" (Pali: bāvīsati indriyāni) which are:
- six sensory faculties
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- eye/vision faculty (cakkh-undriya)
- ear/hearing faculty (sot-indriya)
- nose/smell faculty (ghān-indriya)
- tongue/taste faculty (jivh-indriya)
- body/sensibility faculty (kāy-indriya)
- mind faculty (man-indriya)
- three physical faculties
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- femininity (itth-indriya)
- masculinity (puris-indriya)
- life or vitality (jīvit-indriya)
- five feeling faculties
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- physical pleasure (sukh-indriya)
- physical pain (dukkh-indriya)
- mental joy (somanasa-indriya)
- mental grief (domanass-indriya)
- equanimity (upekhha-indriya)
- five spiritual faculties
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- faith (saddh-indriya)
- energy (viriy-indriya)
- mindfulness (sat-indriya)
- concentration (samādhi-indriya)
- wisdom (paññ-indriya)
- three final-knowledge faculties
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- thinking "I shall know the unknown" (anaññāta-ñassāmīt-indriya)
- gnosis (aññ-indriya)
- one who knows (aññātā-vindriya)
According to the post-canonical Visuddhimagga, the 22 faculties along with such constructs as the aggregates, sense bases, Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination are the "soil" of wisdom (paññā).
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