The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (234 page)

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rati
,
Aratrika
(Skt.). Evening
p
j
(worship) in Hinduism, with incense, flowers, and chant, and with lights swung in front of the image.
Araya-shiki
(Jap., for Skt.,
laya-vijñ
na
, ‘storehouse-consciousness’). The eighth and foundational level of consciousness in the Buddhist Hoss
(see
D
SH
) school. It stores impressions received from other forms of consciousness and retains them as a potential for further actions and thoughts.

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