Sparśa
| Translations of Sparśa | |
|---|---|
| English | contact, contacting awareness, rapport, sense impression, touch, etc. |
| Sanskrit | स्पर्श, sparśa |
| Pali | phassa |
| Bengali | স্পর্শ (sporsho) ছোঁয়া |
| Burmese | ဖဿ |
| Chinese | 觸 or 触 |
| Japanese | soku |
| Korean | 촉 (RR: chok) |
| Sinhala | ස්පර්ශ (sparsha) |
| Tibetan | རེག་པ་ (Wylie: reg pa; THL: rekpa) |
| Tagalog | spalsa |
| Thai | ผัสสะ (RTGS: phatsa) lit. 'สัมผัส' (RTGS: Samphat) |
| Vietnamese | xúc |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
| Part of Theravāda Abhidhamma |
| 52 Cetasikas |
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| Theravāda Buddhism |
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Sparśa (Sanskrit: स्पर्श; Pali: phassa) is a Sanskrit term that is translated as "contact", "touching", "sensation", "sense impression", etc. It is defined as the coming together of three factors: the sense organ, the sense object, and sense consciousness (vijnana). For example, contact (sparsha) is said to occur at the coming together of the eye organ, a visual object, and the visual sense consciousness.
Sparśa is identified within the Buddhist teachings as:
- One of the seven universal mental factors in the Theravada Abhidharma.
- One of the five universal mental factors in the Mahayana Abhidharma
- The sixth link in the twelve links of dependent origination