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Skandha

Skandhas (Sanskrit) or khandhas (Pāḷi) means 'heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings, clusters'. In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging (Pañcupādānakkhandhā), the five material and mental factors that take part in the perpetual process of craving, clinging and aversion due to Avijja.

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Bengali
স্কন্ধ (skåndhå)
Burmese
ခန္ဓာ (ငါးပါး)။ (MLCTS: kʰàɰ̃dà)
Chinese
蘊(T) / 蕴(S) (Pinyin: yùn)
English
aggregate, mass, heap, cluster
Indonesian
gugusan, gugus, agregat
Japanese
蘊 (Rōmaji: un)

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Etymology

Description

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Eighteen dhātus

In Theravada Abhidhamma

In the Mahayana tradition

Mahayana

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Skandha

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Triples132
Avg. degree1.98
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Skandha

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related to China · 20
Skandha → Absolute, Buddha, Buddha's, Buddha-nature, Buddhist, China, Chinese, Commenting, Heart Sutra, In, India, Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Shunyata, Suzuki, The, The Buddha's, The Tathāgatagarbha Sutras, They, Wu, Wú
related to India · 17
Skandha → According, BCE, Buddhist Abhidhammas, China, Heart Sutra, Prajnaparamita, Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra, Red Pine, Sanskrit, Sarvastivada, Specifically, The, The Prajnaparamita-teachings, The Sanskrit, Theravada Abhidhamma, They, This
related to Description · 16
Skandha → Abhidhamma, Awareness, Buddhist, Ch, In, Includes, It, Mahayana, Nikayas/Āgamas, Pali Canon, Peter Harvey, Pāli, Skt, The Buddha, The Buddhist, Tib
related to Twelve Nidanas · 12
Skandha → Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Buddhist, Creation, Eventually, Hymn, Some, The, The Twelve Nidanas, These, Veda, Vedic-Brahmanic, While
related to Eighteen dhātus · 10
Skandha → Abhidharma, Buddhist, Buddhist Abhidharma, Mahayana Abhidharma, Pali Abhidhamma, Sanskrit, The, These, They, Vaibhāṣika
related to Etymology · 9
Skandha → Khandha, Pali, Paul Williams, Rhys Davids, Sanskrit, The, The Pali, Vedic, William Stede
related to Aggregates of experience and grasping · 8
Skandha → According, Buddha, Buddhist, CE, He, In Thanissaro's, Rupert Gethin, Thanissaro
related to Aggregates of personality · 7
Skandha → According, Buddhism, Charles Prebish, Damien Keown, It, Matthew MacKenzie, The
related to Mahayana · 6
Skandha → Alan Fox, Delaware, Dept, Philosophy, The Five Skandhas, Wayback Machine
related to Satipatthana · 2
Skandha → Mindfulness, The

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aggregates five buddhist skandhas mental according self experience sense form consciousness four texts six mahayana buddhism abhidhamma bases also personality

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SkandhaBengaliস্কন্ধ (skåndhå)1.00infobox
SkandhaBurmeseခန္ဓာ (ငါးပါး)။ (MLCTS: kʰàɰ̃dà)1.00infobox
SkandhaChinese蘊(T) / 蕴(S) (Pinyin: yùn)1.00infobox
SkandhaEnglishaggregate, mass, heap, cluster1.00infobox
SkandhaIndonesiangugusan, gugus, agregat1.00infobox
SkandhaJapanese蘊 (Rōmaji: un)1.00infobox
SkandhaKhmerបញ្ចក្ខន្ធ (UNGEGN: pănhchăkkhăn)1.00infobox
SkandhaKorean온 (RR: on)1.00infobox
SkandhaMongolianᠴᠣᠭᠴᠠᠰ (tsogtsas)1.00infobox
SkandhaPalikhandha1.00infobox
SkandhaSanskritस्कन्ध (skandha)1.00infobox
SkandhaShanၶၼ်ႇထႃႇ ([khan2 thaa2])1.00infobox
SkandhaSinhalaස්කන්ධ (skandha)1.00infobox
SkandhaTagalogskandha1.00infobox
SkandhaThaiขันธ์1.00infobox
SkandhaTibetanཕུང་པོ་ (phung po)1.00infobox
SkandhaVietnameseNgũ uẩn1.00infobox

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