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sentry (plural sentries) 1  A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base. ( 2 uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry. ( 3 nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
Sentience in Buddhism is the state of having senses (sat + ta in Pali, or sat + tva in Sanskrit). In Buddhism, the senses are six in number, the sixth being the subjective experience of the mind. Sentience is simply awareness prior to the arising of Skandha. Thus, an animal qualifies as a sentient being.