【英汉对照佛学词典】

作意


(1) To pay attention (to); be attentive, aware, mindful (manasi-karoti). (2) The gathering of the attention, preventing it from scattering, focusing on a single object (manas-ka^ra). One of the ten great ground dharmas 十大地法 in the Abhidharmako/sa, equivalent to (cetana^). (3) One of the five pervasively functioning 五遍行 mental functions 心所 in Yoga^ca^ra. [瑜伽论T 1579.30.279b]