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Form (rupa, gzugs)

This division of functioning thing comprises those things which are suitable to be indicated as forms. Some forms are also suitable to become the object of a sense consciousness upon the aggregation of other causes, such as the presence of an eye sense. Other forms, however, are perceived only by a mental consciousness.

In the Sautrantika School, form and matter are synonymous. But in the Prasangika School, matter is not asserted.

Forms are divided into eleven types:


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