（ji^vita-indriya）. 'life force'，'life potential.' One of the fourteen elements not concomitant with mind in the Abhidharmako/sa-bha^sya 俱舍论; one of the twenty-four elements not concomitant with mind in Consciousness-only. The potential energy for a lifetime of certain length， where the a^laya-vijn~a^na， as a result of the general effects of karma， has the power to exist for 50， 70 years， etc. This latent energy is contained in the 'verbal expression' seeds of the a^laya-vijn~a^na.