| Term |
attention
Referenced by: consideration (alternative term) paying attention (alternative term) take to mind (alternative term) taking to mind (alternative term) |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | yid-la byed-pa |
| Sanskrit | manasi |
| Pali | |
| Definition | The ever-functioning mental factor that engages mental activity with a specific cognitive object. The cognitive engagement may be merely to pay some level of attention to the object (strong or weak), or to focus on the object in a certain way (painstakingly, effortlessly, etc.), or to consider the object in a certain way (concordantly or discordantly). Also called: paying attention, consideration, take to mind, taking to mind. |
| German | Aufmerksamkeit |
|---|---|
| Spanish | atención |
| French | attention (mentale) |
| Italian | attenzione |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | mental engagement; mental application; mental contemplation; mental activity |
| Russian | внимание |