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Noun
1. alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)Buddhism
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2. Eight ConsciousnessesThe Eight Consciousnesses is a classification developed in the tradition of the Yogacara school of Buddhism. They enumerate the five senses, supplemented by the mind, the "obscuration" of the mind, and finally the fundamental store-house consciousness, which is the basis of the other seven.
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