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(Sanskrit; Pāli, matter). Matter or form, that which has shape and manifests itself to the senses as substance. It is the first of the five aggregates (skandha) and in that context stands for the material component or body of the human individual. In the compound ‘name and form’ (nāma-rūpa), which designates the psycho-physical totality of the individual subject, rūpa again denotes the body while nāma signifies the four psychological or immaterial aggregates of feeling (vedanā), perceptions (saṃjñā), volitional impulses (saṃskāra), and consciousness (vijñāna).

 
 

In theosophical teachings, rupa denotes form, appearance, or the physical body, the most gross of the seven principles of which personality consists. It is a term originating in Hindu philosophy denoting the subtle essence of form.

 
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 The Five Aggregates (pañca khandha)
according to the Pali Canon.
 
 
form (rūpa)
  4 elements
(mahābhūta)
 
 
   
    contact
(phassa)
    
 
consciousness
(viññāna)

 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
  mental factors (cetasika)  
 
feeling
(vedanā)

 
 
 
perception
(sañña)

 
 
 
formation
(sankhāra)

 
 
 
 
 Source: MN 109 (Thanissaro, 2001)  |  diagram details

In general, rūpa (Sanskrit; Pāli; Devanagari: रुपा) is the Buddhist concept of material form, including both the body and external matter. As such, it is the first of the five skandhas or aggregates. In regards to the six sense-bases, rūpa refers specifically to visual forms.[1]

Rupa is also used to describe a statue, in which it is sometimes called Buddharupa.

As matter, rūpa is traditionally analysed in two ways: as four elements (Pali, mahābhūta); and, as twenty-four aspects.

Notes

  1. ^ When mapping the Buddhist notions of the aggregates to sense bases, the material-form (rupa) aggregate thus includes the visual (rupa) sense-object as well as the sense objects of sound, odor, taste, touch and mental objects.

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