manasikāra

Sanskrit: manasikāra
Tibetan: ཡིད་ལ་བྱེད་པ་
Tibetan (Wylie): yid la byed pa
Tibetan (phonetics): yi la jé pa
English term: Attention
English Definition: A mental factor that is classified as one of the five omnipresent factors in Asanga’s classification and as one of the ten general mind bases in Vasubandhu’s classification. Attention is the mental factor sustaining the contact. Its function is to maintain the mind on the object.
Spanish: Atención