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rūpupādānakkhandhe

rūpupādānakkhandha

masc acc pl of rūpupādānakkhandha (noun); masc loc sg of rūpupādānakkhandha (noun)

1. accumulation of matter that is clung to

Built from

• rūpa — root · form, materiality
  The visual and tangible dimension of existence, derived from a root meaning to shape or turn (PIE *wer-).
• upa — prefix · up close to, alongside
  Marks approach and proximity; here signals the clinging ego drawing the form-aggregate close as fuel.
• ādāna — stem · taking, clinging
  From √ā + √dā (take toward); the concrete image of fire's fuel taken up; in doctrine, the mental grasping that perpetuates suffering.
• khandha — root · aggregate, heap
  A heap or bundle of phenomena; one of five such aggregates that compose the person in early Buddhist analysis.

Analysis. rūpa (form, materiality) + upādāna (clinging, fuel taken up) + khandha (aggregate, heap). The compound names the material form-aggregate insofar as it becomes fuel for craving and attachment, one of the five aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) that constitute the person.

Etymology. rūpa (shape, form) is from PIE *wer- 'to turn, shape' (Sanskrit rūpa, Latin uertere); upādāna is upa- (up close to, alongside) + ādāna (taking, from √dā 'give'), the concrete image of fuel drawn up and taken close by fire; khandha (heap, aggregate, broken piece) is related to Sanskrit khaṇḍa and may derive from a root meaning 'to break' or 'to cut'.

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

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