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Definition:
The Sanskrit word skandha literally means "heap" or sometimes "aggregate," and is
used in Buddhism to refer to the five things which constitute human nature.
The five skandhas are: rupa, which means "form" and refers to our physical body and/or the physical perception of our body's sensory organs; smajna, which means "perception" and refers to the actual informaation and categorization which occur in our sensory organs; vedana, which means "sensation" and refers to the subjective experience of the incoming sensory information; samskara, which refers to "mental events" - the things which take place in our minds as use sensory information and memories; and finally vijnana, which means "consciousness" and refers to the way in which the previous four skandhas become part of our conscious awareness.
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