成唯識論述記 5.749

5.749

述曰：謂了境名識，即隨境立名，順通、別名識之義故，謂於六境了別名識，釋順義也。問：眼識所了色亦是法，意識所了亦有色等，何故眼識不名法識；第六意識不名色識？為答此問，故次論云：

[The Commentary states:] It means discerning an object is called consciousness; that is, naming them according to the object conforms to the meaning of "consciousness" in both its general and specific names, meaning that discerning among the six objects is called consciousness, which explains the conforming meaning. Question: The form discerned by eye-consciousness is also a phenomenon (dharma), and that which is discerned by mental consciousness also includes form and the like; why is eye-consciousness not called phenomenon-consciousness, and the sixth mental consciousness not called form-consciousness? To answer this question, the treatise next states: