Upadanakkhandha, Upādānakkhandha, Upadana-khandha: 4 definitions
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Upadanakkhandha means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryM (Fact to stick (to something) (upadana); aggregate (khandha)). Appearance of the five aggregates owing to attachment.
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesthe 5 'groups of clinging', or more clearly stated in accordance with Vis.M., 'the 5 groups of existence which form the objects of clinging'. Cf. M. 44, and see khandha.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryupādānakkhandha : (m.) the factors of clinging to existence.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryUpādānakkhandha refers to: , usually as pañc’upādāna-kkhandhā the factors of the “fivefold clinging to existence” (cp. BSk. pañc’u°-skandhāḥ Av. Ś II. 1681 & note) D. II, 35, 301 sq.; III, 223, 286; M. I, 61, 144, 185; III, 15, 30, 114, 295; Ps. II, 109 sq.; Vbh. 101; Vism. 505 (khandha-pañcaka). See for detail khandha II. B 2.
Note: upādānakkhandha is a Pali compound consisting of the words upādāna and kkhandha.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Upadana, Khandha.
Full-text: Khandha Sutta, Sakkaya, Sotapanna Sutta, Bhara Sutta, Mahahatthipadopama Sutta, Agantuka Sutta, Mahapunnama Sutta, Sutava, Patta Vagga, Sila Sutta, Kimsuka Sutta, Araham Sutta, Asivisa Sutta, Vammika Sutta, Khandha.
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