Parent:: [[Dhamma]]
Related:: [[Sakkaya-ditthi|Sakkāya-diṭṭhi]], [[Anatta|Anattā]], [[Upadana|Upādāna]]
# Pañcupādānakkhandhā / Pañca-Upādāna-Khandhā (5 [[Upadana|Grasping]] Aggregates)
> [!info] What is _Pañcupādānakkhandhā_?
> _Pañcupādānakkhandhā_ = _Pañca_ (Five) + [[Upadana|Upādāna]] (Grasping / Clinging) + _Khandha_ (Heaps)
> [!TLDR] What are the 5 Aggregates? ([[#How are they defined?|definitions]])
> 1. [[Rupa|Rūpa]] (Form) — 4 mahabuta (primary elements) + 4 upadaya rupa (derived elements)
> 2. [[Vedana|Vedanā]] (Feeling) — co-arises with perception
> 3. [[Sanna|Saññā]] (Perception) — co-arises with feeling
> 4. [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]] (Willful actions) — body, verbal and mental
> 5. [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] (**Defiled** consciousness) — establised in [[Vinnana#Citta -> Viññāṇakhanda in 9 Stages|9 stages]]; the "experiencer"
^what-are-5-aggregates
> [!tip] What is the Formula?
>
> ***5 Aggregates*** = ***Form*** (Rūpa) + ***Mind*** (Vedanā, Saññā, Saṅkhāra) + ***Defiled Consciousness*** (Viññāṇa)
## How are they Defined?
![[SN22.56 Upādānaparipavattasutta#Definitions of the Pancupadanakkhandha 5 Grasping Aggregates]]
## Why are they named so?
![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-rupa]]
![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-vedana]]
![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-sanna]]
![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-sankhara]]
![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-vinnana]]
## What are their Causes?
![[SN22.56 Upādānaparipavattasutta#Samudaya Arising & Nirodha Cessation of the Pancupadanakkhandha 5 Grasping Aggregates]]
## What's their Gratification, Drawback, and Escape?
![[SN22.26 Assādasutta#^summary-form]]
## 5 Aggregates are [[Anatta]]
![[MN62 Mahārāhulovādasutta#^5-aggregates-11-types]]
### 5 Similes in [[SN22.95 Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta|Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta]]
![[SN22.95 Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta#^similes-summary]]
![[SN22.95 Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta#^similes-sutta]]
## 5 Aggregates v.s. 5 Grasping Aggregates
> [!NOTE] In Khandhasutta ([SN22.48](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.48/en/sujato))
> And what are the **five aggregates**?
> _Katame ca, bhikkhave, **==pañcakkhandhā==**?_
>
> Any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; coarse or fine; inferior or superior; far or near: this is called the aggregate of form.
>
> _Yaṁ kiñci, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā oḷārikaṁ vā sukhumaṁ vā hīnaṁ vā paṇītaṁ vā yaṁ dūre santike vā, ayaṁ vuccati rūpakkhandho._
>
> ...
> ---
>
> And what are the **five grasping aggregates**?
> _Katame ca, bhikkhave, **==pañcupādānakkhandhā==**?_
>
> Any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; coarse or fine; inferior or superior; far or near, which is **==accompanied by defilements and is prone to being grasped==:** this is called the aggregate of form connected with grasping.
>
> _Yaṁ kiñci, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ …pe… yaṁ dūre santike vā **==sāsavaṁ upādāniyaṁ==**, ayaṁ vuccati rūpupādānakkhandho._
## Suttas
- **Most important**:
- [[SN22.95 Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.95/en/sujato))
- [[SN22.56 Upādānaparipavattasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.56/en/sujato))
- Buddha on the *Definitions* of the 5 khandas + the 4 noble truths!
- [[SN22.57 Sattaṭṭhānasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.57/en/sujato))
- SN22.56 + Assada!!
- [[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.79/en/sujato))
- MN109 Mahāpuṇṇamasutta
- Buddha on pancupadanakkhandha and [[Sakkaya-ditthi|Sakkāya-diṭṭhi]]
- MN62 Mahārāhulovādasutta
- SN22.48 Khandhasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.48/en/sujato))
- 5 aggregates v.s. 5 grasping aggregates
- See suttas on [[#dathu Dhātu Elements|Dhātu]]