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rūpaṁ

rūpa

accusative singular neuter

1. form, shape, material body
2. visible appearance, color
3. one of the five aggregates (rūpakkhandha)

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *rowp- (form, shape); cognates Sanskrit rūpa, Latin rufus (reddish, hence visible/colored). The word retains the sense of visible appearance—what has color and shape.

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

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