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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
9. …

Etymology. Root √rūp- (to form, shape); cognate with Latin rupes (rock, cliff) and Sanskrit rūpa, suggesting an ancient root meaning the visible, formed aspect of things. In Buddhist doctrine, rūpa is the first of the five aggregates (pañcakkhandhā), the material substrate of experience.

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

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