jihvviñña
Jihvviñña, also transliterated jihvā-viññāṇa or jihvaviññāṇa, is the gustatory sense-consciousness in Buddhist philosophy. The term combines jihvā (tongue) and viññāṇa (consciousness), referring to the momentary awareness that arises when the tongue comes into contact with a taste object. It is typically described as one of the six sense-consciousnesses that arise in response to contact with the external world.
In Theravāda Abhidhamma and related Buddhist scholastic traditions, jihvviñña is categorized as the tongue-based form of
A key point in many Theravāda presentations is that jihvviñña is not the taste itself but the
Cross-traditionally, jihvviñña is most often discussed within the framework of the six sense bases (salāyatana) and