NPabBUDDH: the Five Aggregates (also written wǔyùn 五蘊 and wǔzhòng 五眾; referring to the five components which constitute a sentient being: sè 色 'form', shòu 受 'sensation', xiǎng 想 'conception/thinking', xíng 行 'mind tendencies and functions', shí 識 'consciouness'; the lit. meaning of skandha is 'cluster') SANSKRIT pañca skandha