SKANDHA  in the Sanskrit Dictionary (Comparing MW and Apte) primarily means 'bough, branch; shoulder bone (scapular); break, fracture...

L AST WEEK WE SETTLED on a serviceable translation of the term papañca , but it's clear that in a Buddhist context simple translati...

A MONGST THE DIFFICULT and obscure terms we Buddhists inherited from our Iron Age Indian predecessors, papañca is one of the most intri...