Skandha

Five aggregates of clinging in Buddhism

Skandhas (Sanskrit) or khandhas (Pāḷi) means 'heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings, clusters'. In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging (Pañcupādānakkhandhā), the five material and mental factors that take part in the perpetual process of craving, clinging and aversion due to Avijja. They are also explained as the five factors that constitute and explain a sentient being's person and personality, but this is a later interpretation in response to Sarvāstivādin essentialism.

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