五蕴

(五蘊, 五蕴)

The five (sa) skandhas, pañca-skandha: also [lang id =1028]五陰; [lang id =1028]五衆; [lang id =1028]五塞犍陀 The five cumulations, substances, or aggregates, i. e. the components of an intelligent being, specially a human being:

(1) [lang id =1028]色 (sa) rūpa, form, matter, the physical form related to the five organs of sense;

(2) [lang id =1028]受 (sa) vedana, reception, sensation, feeling, the functioning of the mind or senses in connection with affairs and things;

(3) [lang id =1028]想 (sa) saṃjñā, conception, or discerning; the functioning of mind in distinguishing;

(4) [lang id =1028]行 (sa) saṃskāra, the functioning of mind in its processes regarding like and dislike, good and evil, etc.;

(5) [lang id =1028]識 (sa) vijñāna, mental faculty in regard to perception and cognition, discriminative of affairs and things. The first is said to be physical, the other four mental qualities;

(2),

(3), and

(4) are associated with mental functioning, and therefore with [lang id =1028]心所;

(5) is associated with the faculty or nature of the mind [lang id =1028]心王 manas. Eitel gives-- form, perception, consciousness, action, knowledge. See also Keith's <Buddhist Philosophy>, 85-91.