Ghrāṇavijñāna

Ghrāṇavijñāna (P. ghānaviññāṇa; T. sna'i rnam par shes pa སྣའི་རྣམ་པར་ཤེས་པ་; C. bishi 鼻識) is translated as "nose conscousness," "olfactory consciousessnees," etc.

The nose consciousness arises through contact (sparsa) between smells and the nose faculty.

The nose consciousness perceives/congnizes smells.

The nose consciousness (ghrāṇavijñāna) is identified as:

• one of the five types of consciousness that percieves the five sense objects
• one of the six types of consciousness
• one of the eighteen dhatus