Āpas
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Āpas (P. āpo; T. chu; C. shuida 水大) translates as water. It is also called āpodhātu (water element). It is identified as one of the four primary elements (mahābhūta).
Āpas (water) has the properties of fluidity and cohesion.
Pali tradition
A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma states:
- The water element, or fluidity, is the material factor that makes different particles of matter cohere, thereby preventing them from being scattered about. Its characteristic is trickling or oozing, its function is to intensify the coexisting material states, and it is manifested as the holding together or cohesion of material phenomena.[1]
Sanskrit tradition
The Khenjuk states:
- The water element is fluidity and [it's function is] cohesion.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Bhikkhu Bodhi 2000, s.v. The water element.
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche 2004, s.v. The Aggregate of Forms.
Sources
Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed. (2000), A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, Pariyatti Publishing- Mipham Rinpoche (2004), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. I, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
External links
chu, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
Water_Element, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki