Ādāna-consciousness
(Redirected from Ādāna-vijnāna)
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ādāna-consciousness 阿陀那識 (Skt ādāna-vijnāna; Jpn adana-shiki): Another name for ālaya-consciousness in the Consciousness-Only doctrine. Ādāna-consciousness was interpreted in China as “maintaining-consciousness” because it maintains the life and body of a sentient being.
See also; ālaya-consciousness.