Name and Form; 名色; Tibetan: མིང་དང་གཟུགས (ming dang zuk); Wylie: ming dang gzugs; Sanskrit: Namarupa;
Namarupa (name and form) is one of the 12 nidanas. In the Wheel of Life, it is shown as a person on a boat. The boat represents the form of self while the person represents the mental skandhas: sensation, perception, formations and consciousness.
第四緣起支為「名色」. 名即受、想、行、識四蘊, 只有名相而無形質, 色即色蘊指身體. 六道輪迴圖中, 船夫撐划渡河的舟船, 象徵眾生的蘊身必須由五蘊聚合而成.
Synonyms/Additional Terms 同義詞:
Namarupa, Name and form, 名色