What is "sparsa"

Sparsha (literally name; of Parbat Chimariya :;"Parbat Sparsha") Sparśa (Sanskrit; Pali: phassa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "contact", "touching", "sensation", "sense impression", etc. It is defined as the coming together of three factors: the sense organ, the sense object, and sense consciousness (vijnana). For example, contact (sparsha) is said to occur at the coming together of the eye organ, a visual object, and the visual sense consciousness.

Sparśa is identified within the Buddhist teachings as:

• One of the seven universal mental factors in the Theravada Abhidharma.
• One of the five universal mental factors in the Mahayana Abhidharma
• The sixth link in the twelve links of dependent origination