Pāli Dictionary

khandhā

khandhrootasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

khandh8collect; accumulate

doctrine

  • the (five) aggregates: the psycho-physical components (form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness) grasped at and mistaken for a self

  • SN 22.95

    evaṃ khandhe avekkheyya, bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo, divā vā yadi vā rattiṃ, sampajāno paṭissato.

  • Thag 1.87

    khandhā diṭṭhā yathābhūtaṃ, bhavā sabbe padālitā, vikkhīṇo jātisaṃsāro, n'atthi dāni punabbhavo'ti.

khandha

approximate

khandhrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

khandh8collect; accumulate

Literal

heap; mass

Synonyms

kāya, nikāya, vagga, gāma, kappa, pakkha, bhāga, samussaya,

doctrine

  • aggregate; one of the five bundles of existence (form, feeling, perception, formations, consciousness)

  • SN 22.48

    katame ca bhikkhave pañcakkhandhā?

general

  • mass; heap; bulk; trunk (of a tree); shoulder

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