Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
skandha .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word skandhas.
Examples
-
It is not the same soul that suffers, for in either case there is no soul; there is only a bundle of so-called skandhas -- certain faculties of mind and body newly combined whose interaction produces thought and emotion.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
-
Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva [great bodhisattva], while practicing the profound prajnaparamita, saw in this way: he saw the five skandhas to be empty of nature.
Hegel on Buddhism 2007
-
There is a panoply of Hinayana terms for understanding reality, such as the five skandhas (Sanskrit: "heaps").
Hegel on Buddhism 2007
-
O Shariputra, a son or daughter of noble family who wishes to practice the profound prajnaparamita should see in this way: seeing the five skandhas to be empty of nature.
Hegel on Buddhism 2007
-
Sankhara-dukkha pain of formation is a subtle form of suffering inherent in the nature of conditioned things, including the skandhas the factors constituting the human mind
Daily Dharma: Dukkha is Our Best Teacher William Harryman 2007
-
True sufferings (sdug-bsngal bden-pa, Skt. du: kha-satya) refer to the five tainted aggregate factors of experience (zag-bcas-kyi phung-po lnga, five contaminated skandhas).
The Sixteen Aspects and Sixteen Distorted Ways of Embracing the Four Noble Truths 2006
-
Yet Nirvana is not something different from or beyond the world of experience; it does not really involve annihilation of the skandhas.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
-
They proceed to show that all manner of things, such as the five skandhas, the elements, contact, attachment, fire and fuel, origination, continuation and extinction have no real existence.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
-
The burden is the five skandhas and the bearer is the individual or puggalo.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896
-
On the contrary individual existences consist of nothing but a collection of skandhas or a
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.