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āyatana

ā-yátana n. resting-place, support, seat, place, home, house, abode, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [AitBr.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Kum.] &c.

the place of the sacred fire (= agny-āyatana), [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] & [ĀśvGṛ.]

an altar

a shed for sacrifices

a sanctuary, [ChUp.]; [R.]; [Mn.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

a plot of ground, the site of a house

a barn, [Yājñ. ii, 154]

the cause of a disease, [Suśr.]

(with Buddhists) the five senses and Manas (considered as the inner seats or Āyatanas) and the qualities perceived by the above (the outer Āyatanas).