ming dang gzugs

ming dang gzugs

A name for the embryonic phase of an individual's existence where there is form but the rest of the skandhas or aggregates, which are mental, are undeveloped and have only a nominal presence.

Literally "name and form" means the mental and physical consituents of a being. It is a synonym for the five skandhas, with the four aggregates of the mind being called "names." In the context of the twelve phases of dependent origination the term is also used specifically to refer to the embryonic phase of an individual's existence where the mental aggregates are undeveloped and have only a nominal presence, and therefore are called "names."

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