The 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 (manas), and finally the fundamental store-house consciousness, which is the basis of the other seven.

The Sanskrit term for the Eight Consciousnesses is Aṣṭavijñāna, from aṣṭa "eight" and vijñāna "consciousness". The Tibetan term is rnam-shes tshogs-brgyad)

The Sanskrit term for store-house consciousness is ālayavijñāna, from ālaya "abode, dwelling"; Tibetan: kun gzhi rnam shes; Chinese: 阿賴耶識, Japanese: arayashiki (阿頼耶識^?)

All Eight Consciousness are "aggregates" or skandha.

The first six are the sensate "consciousnesses" plus the mind. The Yogacara School that espoused the Cittamatra Doctrine proffer two more consciousnesses:

The first five sense-consciousnesses along with the sixth consciousness are identified in the Sutta Pitaka, especially the Salayatana Vagga subsection of the Samyutta Nikaya:

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