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rūpupādānakkhandho
rūpupādānakkhandha
masc nom sg of rūpupādānakkhandha (noun)
- accumulation of matter that is clung to
Built from
- rūpa — root · form, matter
The physical, visible world; that which breaks and decays. Contrasts with nāma (name, mind).
- u — prefix · up, out
Variant of ud- and upa-, lifting upward and outward.
- pā — root · protect, drink
To seize and hold; feeds the metaphor of fuel.
- dā — root · give, place
√dhā in reduplication or sandhi; upādāna 'placing-up' = clinging fuel.
- na — ending · abstract noun
Forms the abstract noun from the root complex; -na nominalizes the verbal action.
- khandha — root · heap, aggregate
A mass or bundle; the five khandhas (rūpa, vedanā, saññā, saṅkhārā, viññāṇa) are the constituents of the person, each a 'heap' of conditioned phenomena.
- a — ending · masculine nominative singular
Masculine -a ending marks the nominative case, identifying the word as the subject or primary referent in the sentence.
Analysis. rūpa (material form) + upādāna (clinging, fuel) + khandha (aggregate, heap); one of the five aggregates of clinging (pañcupādānakkhandhā), the mass of physical form bound up in craving and attachment.
Etymology. rūpa from √rū or *reup- (to break, tear—matter as what breaks apart, hence form); upādāna from upa- (up close) + ā- (toward) + √dhā (place), lit. 'taking up close', thus fuel seized and fed to fire; khandha cognate with English 'candle' via *kand- (to burn, glow—the mass or heap that burns).