Jihvāvijñāna

Jihvāvijñāna (P. jivhāviññāṇa; lce'i rnam par shes pa ལྕེའི་རྣམ་པར་ཤེས་པ་; C. sheshi 舌識) is translated as "tounge consiousciousness," "gustatory consciousness," etc.

The tongue consciousness arises through contact (sparsa) between tastes and the tongue faculty.

The tongue consciousness perceives/congnizes tastes.

The tongue consciousness 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