Upadana

Upādāna, the Sanskrit and Pāli word for "attachment" or "grasping", has the following meanings:

Buddhism

Synonyms:

取 Cn: ''qǔ''; Jp: ''shu''; Vi: ''thủ''

Tibetan: ''len.pa''

Upādāna translated from Sanskrit means clinging or grasping and refers to the ninth link in the twelve-linked chain of Dependent Origination ( Pratītysamutpāda ).

Upādāna and Tṛṣṇā are seen as the two primary causes of suffering ( Duḥkha ) in Saṃsāra .

Upādāna (Clinging) is dependent on Tṛṣṇā (Craving) as a condition before it can exist.
:"With Craving as condition, Clinging arises".

Upādāna (Clinging) is also the prevailing condition for the next condition in the chain, Becoming ( Bhava ).
:"With Clinging as condition, Becoming arises."

	Before	Tṛṣṇā
	Title	Twelve Nidānas
	Years	'''Upādāna'''
	After	Bhava

Hinduism

Upadana means material basis or cause.

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