Five Arammanas
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Therefore, we have these five pasada rupas (as discussed above) which are sensitive to the five drammanas. The Pali word arammana means the haunt of consciousness. Every consciousness arises only in association with
a sense-object. Therefore sense-objects are the haunts of consciousness. Among them visual form is called ruparammana, which is matter. Sound is saddarammana, smell is ghandharammana,
taste is rasarammana, and touch photabbhaammana. These five arammanas are the haunts, the habits of cittas (consciousness).
Dhammarammana consists not only of rupa but also citta, ceasika, Nibbána and all panatti (conventional elements).
Pleasant sight, pleasant sound, pleasant smell, pleasant taste and pleasant touch are called the five kamaguna kama = pleasure; guna = bondage). In fact they are the five
arammana we have just discussed. The physical, voice and scent of the female, the taste of food prepared by her, her bodily touch, are the favorite sensual pleasures for men. The converse is also true for the female.