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nāmarūpaṁ

nāmarūpa

neuter noun, accusative singular

1. name-and-form
2. mind-and-body
3. mentality and corporeality (the second link of dependent origination)

Analysis. Compound of nāma 'name, mind' and rūpa 'form, body'. In the Abhidhamma and dependent origination teaching, nāmarūpa denotes the psychophysical organism: nāma comprises the four mental aggregates (sensation, perception, mental formations, consciousness), while rūpa comprises the four great elements and derived matter.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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