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rūpā

rūpa

nt nom pl of rūpa (noun); nt instr sg of rūpa (noun); nt abl sg of rūpa (noun); nt voc sg of rūpa (noun); …

1. rūpa (nt): matter; material thing; materiality; experience of material world; physical objects of consciousness; first of the five aggregates; lit. form
2. rūpa (nt): body; physical body; material bodily; lit. form
3. rūpa (nt): (object of the eye) form; material form; shape; sight; appearance
4. rūpa (adj): of character; having nature of; of type; of kind; having the quality of; appearing as; lit. having form of
5. rūpa (adj): as if; like someone; lit. having form of
6. rūpa (nt): (gram) form of a word
7. rūpa (nt): (gram) sound of a word; lit. form
8. rūpa (nt): (gram) stem of verb
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Etymology. √rūp + a; from √rūp 'form, produce'; Sanskrit rūpa [rūp]

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

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