Panc'Upadana Kkhandha

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Pa¾c' Up¤d¤na Kkhandh¤

The Five Factors of Existance, The Five Grasping Groups, Five Aggregates

PTS: Dialogs of the Buddha III, #33: The Recital, T.W. and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, trans., pp201

WP: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, #33: The Chanting Together, M. Walshe, trans., pp479

PTS: The Middle Length Sayings, I, #10: Applications of Mindfulness, Horner, trans., pp78

WP: The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, #10: The Foundations of Mindfulness, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans., pp152

PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings, V: The Book of the Tens, The Great Chapter, The Great Questions, Woodward, trans., pp36ff

Pa¾c'Up¤d¤na Kkhandh¤
Pali	MO	Hare	Horner	Punnaji	Bodhi	Nanamoli	Rhys Davids	(Mrs) Rhys Davids	Thanissaro	Walshe	Woodward	Soma Thera
Pa¾c' Up¤d¤na Kkhandh¤	The Five Stockpiles	the five dkandhas of attachment	The Five Groups of Grasping	The Five Aggregates, five fold personalized aggrigates, self in the world	The Five Aggregates affected by clinging	The Five Aggregates affected by clinging	The Five Aggregates, Groups that arise from Grasping	The Five Aggregates, Groups that arise from Grasping	five aggregates for clinging/sustenance; Aggregate; heap; pile. The aggregates are the basic building blocks of describable experience as well as the building blocks from which one's sense of 'self' is constructed	The Five Aggregates of Grasping	The five grasping heaps	The Five Aggregates of Clinging
r¬pa	materiality, thingness	form	material shape	appearance	material form	material form	material qualities, form	material qualities, form	form; physical form	form, materiality	form	material form
vedan¤	senses, sensation	feeling	feeling	sensation	feelings	feelings	feelings	feelings	feelings	feeling	feeling
sa¾¾¤	perception	perception, conscious states	perception	perception	perception	perception	perception	perception	perception	perception	ideas	perception
sa¸kh¤r¤	confounding, personalization	activities	activities, tendencies	Construction	formations	formations	volitional complexes, dispositions	volitional complexes, dispositions	fabrications; thought-fabrications	mental formations	complex	formations
vi¾¾¤¼a	double-knowing-knowing, consciousness	consciousness	consciousness	cognition	consciousness	cognition	consciousness, cognition	consciousness, cognition	consciousness	consciousness	consciousness	consciousness

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):**
Khandha: [Sk. skandha] I. Crude meaning: bulk, massiveness (gross) substance. A. esp. used (a) of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i. e. its back ... (b) of a person: the shoulder or back ... (c) of a tree: the trunk. ... "one must go beyond the root and search the trunk for sweetness" S IV.94. (d) as t.t. in exegetical literature: section, chapter, lit. material as collected into uniform bulk; freq. in postscripts to Texts and Commentaries.... B. More general as denoting bulk; e. g. aggi- a great mass of fire M II.34, 41...udaka- a mass of water (i. e. ocean) A III.336; S IV.179...pu¾¾a- a great accumulation of merit A III.336 = S V.400; bhoga- a store of wealth A V.84;...; ma¼i- an extraordinarily large jewel (possessing magic power) J II.102 sq. - II. Applied meaning. A. the body of, a collection of, mass, or parts of; in collective sense "all that is comprised under"; forming the substance of. (a) dukkha- all that is comprised under "dukkha," all that goes to make up or forms the substance, the idea of "ill." Most prominent in phrase kevalassa dukkhakhandhassa samudaya and nirodha (the origin & destruction of all that is suffering) with ref. to the paÂiccasamupp¤da, the chain of causal existence (q. v.) Vin I.1; S II.95; III.14; A I.177; V. 184 & passim. ... (b) lobha- dosa- moha- the three ingredients or integrations of greed, suffering and bewilderment, lit. "the big bulk or mass of greed"...S V.88... (c) vayo- a division of age, part of age, as threefold: purima-, majjhima-, pacchima-... (d) s¨la (etc.) kh- the 3 (or 5) groups or parts which constitute the factors of right living (dhamma), viz. (1) s¨la- the group dealing with the practice of morality; (2) sam¤dhi- that dealing with the development of concentration; (3) pa¾¾¤- that dealing with the development of true wisdom. They are also known under the terms of s¨la-sampad¤, citta-, pa¾¾¤- D I.172 sq.;...-- D I.206;...These 3 are completed to a set of 5 by (4) vimutti- the group dealing with the attainment of emancipation and (5) vimutti-¾¤¼a-dassana -the group dealing with the realization of the achievement of emancipation. As 1-4 only at D III.229...; cp. A I.125. As 5 at S I.99 = A I.162; S V.162; A III.134, 271; V.16 (all loc. = S I.99)... B. (absolute) in individual sense: constituent element, factor, substantiality. More especially as khandh¤ (pl.) the elements or substrata of sensory existence, sensorial aggregates which condition the appearance of life in any form. Their character according to quality and value of life and body is evanescent, fraught with ills & leading to rebirth. Paraphrased by Bdhgh. as r¤si, heap... 1. Unspecified. They are usually enumerated in the foll. stereotyped set of 5: r¬pa- (material qualities), vedan¤ (feeling), sa¾¾¤ (perception), sankh¤r¤ (coefficients of consciousness), vi¾¾¤¼a (consciousness)...They are enumerated in a different order at S I.112, viz. r¬paµ vedayitaµ sa¾¾aµ vi¾¾¤¼aµ ya¾ ca sankhataµ n' eso 'ham asmi. Detailed discussions as to their nature see e. g. S III.101...; S III.47; III.86. ... (a) As factors of existence... Their role as such is illustrated by the famous simile: "yath¤ hi angasambh¤r¤ hoti saddo ratho iti evaµ khandhesu santesu hoti satto ti sammuti" "just as it is by the condition precedent of the co-existence of its various parts, that the word "chariot" is used, just so it is that when the skandhas are there, we talk of a "being" " (Rh. D.) (cp. Hardy, Man. Buddh. p. 425) S I.135... Their connotation "khandha" is discussed at S III.101 = M III.16: "kitt¤vat¤ nu kho khandh¤naµ khandh¢dhivacanaµ? r¬paµ (etc.) at¨t¢n¤gatapaccuppannaµ ajjhattaµ v¤ bahiddh¤ v¤ o²¤rikaµ," etc.: i.e. material qualities are equivalent terms for the kh. What causes the manifestation of each kh.?...the material elements are the cause of r¬pa, touch is that of vedan¤, sa¾¾¤, sankh¤r¤, name and shape that of vi¾¾¤¼a (S III.101); cp. M I.138 sq., 234 sq. On the same principle rests their division in: r¬pa-k¤yo r¬pakkhandho n¤mak¤yo catt¤ro ar¬pino khandh¤ "the material body forms the material factor (of existence), the individualized body the 4 immaterial factors"... -- Being the "substantial" factors of existence, birth & death depend on the khandhas. They appear in every new conjuncture of individuality...-- vivaÂÂa-kkhandha (adj.) one whose khandhas have revolved (passed away), i. e. dead S I.121 = III.123. -- kh-anaµ udaya-vyaya (or udayabbaya) the rising and passing of the kh., transmigration... (b) Their relation to attachment and craving (k¤ma):...S I.128...; craving is their cause & soil: ...; the 4 ar¬pino kh. are based on lobha, dosa, moha... (c) their annihilation: the kh. remain as long as the knowledge of their true character is not attained, i. e. of their cause & removal:... (d) their relation to dh¤tu (the physical elements) and ¤yatana (the elements of sense-perception) is close, since they are all dependent on sensory experience. The 5 khandhas are frequently mentioned with the 18 dh¤tuyo & the 12 ¤yatan¤ni:...S I.134;... (e) their valuation & their bearing on the "soul"-conception is described in the terms of na mama (na tumh¤kaµ), anatt¤, aniccaµ and dukkhaµ...r¬paµ (etc.)...aniccaµ, dukkhaµ, n'eso 'ham asmi, n'eso me att¤ "material qualities (etc. kh. 2-5) are evanescent, bad, I am not this body, this body is not my soul" Vin I.14 = S IV.382. n'eso 'ham asmi na m' eso att¤ S I.112; III.103, 130 & passim; cp. k¤yo na tumh¤kaµ (anatt¤ r¬paµ) S II.65;...; and r¬paµ na tumh¤kaµ S III.33 M I.140... -- r¬paµ, etc. as anatt¤: Vin I.13; S III.78, 132-134; A I.284= II.171; 202; cp. S III.101; Vin I.14. -- as aniccaµ: S III.41, 52, 102, 122, 132 sq., 181 sq., 195 sq., 202-224, 227; A IV.147 (anicc¢nupass¨ dukkh¢nupass¨); anicca dukkha roga, etc.... 2. Specified as panc'up¤d¤na-kkhandh¤ the factors of the fivefold clinging to existence. Defined & discussed in detail (r¬p¬pad¤na-kkhandha, etc.) S III.47; 86-88; also Vin I.10; S III.127 sq. Specified S III.58 III.100 = M III.16; S III.114, 158 sq.; V.52, 60; A IV.458;......Enumerated in var. connections S I.112; D III.233; M I.190; A V.52...-- What is said of the khandhas alone -- see above 1 (a)-(e)-is equally applied to them in connection with up¤d¤na. (a) As regards their origin they are characterized as chandam¬lak¤ "rooted in desire, or in wilful desire" S III.100;...M I.300, 511....M I.299 = S IV.259. (b) their contemplation leads to the recognition of their character as dukkha, anicca, anatt¤:...S III.128;...S III.167; pa¾casu up¤d-esu anicc¢nupass¨ "realizing the evanescence in the 5 aggregates of attachment" A V.109; same with udayavyay¢nupass¨ S III.130; A II.45, 90; III.32; IV.153; and dhamm¢nupass¨ M I.61. Out of which realization follows their gradual destruction... S III.31, 160 sq.; A II.45, 90; IV.153... That they occupy a prominent position as determinants of dukkha is evident from their role in the exposition of dukkha as the first one of the noble truths: sankhittena pa¾c'up¤d¤nakkhandh¤ pi dukkh¤ "in short, the 5 kh. are associated with pain" Vin I.10 = M I.48 = A I.177 = S V.421...S III.158 = V.425... -¢dhivacana having kh. as attribute...S III.101 = M III.16; -ja (adj.-n.) sprung from the trunk (of the tree), i. e. a growth or parasite S I.207=Sn 272, expl. at SnA 304; khandhesu j¤t¤ khandha-j¤, p¤roh¤nam etaµ adhivacanaµ. -niddesa disquisition about the khandhas Vism (ch. xiv esp.) 482, 485, 492, 509, 558, 389. -b¨ja "trunk seed" as one kind of var. seeds, with m¬la- pha²u- agga- b¨ja- at Vin V.132, & D I.5...n¤ma assattho nigrodho pilakkho udumbaro kacchako kapitthano ti evam-¤di. -rasa taste of the stem, one of various tastes, as m¬la- khandha- taca- patta- puppha-, etc. Dhs 629=Nd2 540. -loka the world of sensory aggregates, with dh¤tu- and ¤yatanaloka Ps I.122. -vibhanga division dealing with the khandhas (i. e. Vibh. 1 sq.) Miln 12.
Up¤d¤na:[fr. upa + ¤ + d¤] -- (lit. that (material) substratum by means of which an active process is kept alive or going), fuel, supply, provision; adj. supported by, drawing one's existence from S I.69; II 85 (aggikkhandho -assa pariy¤d¤n¤ by means of taking up fuel); V.284... sa-up¤d¤na (adj.) provided with fuel S IV.399...2. (appld.) "drawing upon", grasping, holding on, grip, attachment; adj. finding one's support by or in, clinging to, taking up, nourished by....They are classified as 4 up¤d¤n¤ni or four Graspings viz. k¤m-, diÂÂh-, s¨labbat-, attav¤d- or the graspings arising from sense-desires, speculation, belief in rites, belief in the soul-theory D II.58; III.230; M I.51, 66; S II.3; V 59...-- For up¤d¤na in var. connections see the foll. passages: D I.25; II.31, 33, 56; III.278; M I.66, 136 (attav¤d-) 266; S II.14, 17, 30, 85; III.10, 13 sq., 101, 135, 167, 191; IV.32, 87 sq., 102 (tannissitaµ vi¾¾¤¼aµ tadup¤d¤naµ), 390, 400 (= ta¼h¤); A IV.69; V.111 (up¤y-)...-- sa- full of attachment (to life) M I.65; Vin III.111; S IV.102; an- unattached, not showing attachment to existence S IV.399; Vin III.111... -kkhandha, usually as pa¾c- up¤d¤na-kkhandh¤ the factors of the "fivefold clinging to existence"