[294] Is the eye (cakkhu) a sense base (āyatana)? Yes.
Are sense bases the ear sense base (sotāyatana)?
The ear sense base is both a sense base and the ear sense base; the remaining sense bases are sense bases but not the ear sense base.
Is the eye a sense base? Yes.
Are sense bases the nose sense base (ghānāyatana)? … Are sense bases the dhamma sense base (dhammāyatana)?
The dhamma sense base is both a sense base and the dhamma sense base; the remaining sense bases are sense bases but not the dhamma sense base.
Is the ear (sota) a sense base? Yes.
Are sense bases the eye sense base (cakkhāyatana)? … not the eye sense base. …
Are sense bases the dhamma sense base? … not the dhamma sense base.
The nose (ghāna), the tongue (jivhā) …
Is dhamma a sense base? Yes.
Are sense bases the eye sense base? …
Are sense bases the mind sense base (manāyatana)?
The mind sense base is both a sense base and the mind sense base; the remaining sense bases are sense bases but not the mind sense base. (The wheel should be constructed.)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.