skandha

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Updated: January 13, 2026

When anything is predicated of several subjects, for instance the five Skandhas, it is rare to find a single sentence containing a combined statement. As a rule what has to be said is predicated first of the first Skandha and then repeated totidem verbis of the others.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1