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Tibetan: འདུ་ཤེས་
Tibetan (Wylie): ‘du shes
Tibetan (phonetics): du shé
English term: Perception
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་Perception is the mental factor apprehending the particular features of the object, thus distinguishing it from other objects. For visual objects, for instance, these are the specific shapes and colors of that object.
Spanish: Percepción