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Other types of consciousness (viññāṇa) in Theravada?

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There are the six types of consciousness (*viññāṇa*) based on MN 38 , namely those related to the six sense media: eye, ear, nose, tongue, touch or mind. In MN 49 , there was a "consciousness without surface" (*viññāṇaṃ anidassanaṃ*), which turned out to be a mistranslation, according to the answers of this question . The sutta was talking about Nibbana. So, are there any other types of consciousness (*viññāṇa*) in Theravada outside the six sense media consciousnesses? What about rebirth linking consciousness? Is that a type of consciousness outside the six sense media? I know in Mahayana, there are still two more types of consciousness according to this Wikipedia page . But this question is asking more from the Theravada perspective (including Abhidhamma).
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Feb 12, 2019, 01:52 AM
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