The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2026 page)
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R
m
(mystic poet of Islam):
m(mystic poet of Islam):R
pa
pa(Skt., ‘form’). The means in Eastern religions through which the accidental and transitory flux of appearance achieves identifiable shape. By means of r
pa, appearance becomes an object of perception.
In Buddhism, r
pa is associated with n
ma, as in
n
ma-r
pa
, in the analysis of human appearance, to denote corporeality; see also
KHANDHA
.
pa, appearance becomes an object of perception.In Buddhism, r
pa is associated with nma, as inn
ma-rpa, in the analysis of human appearance, to denote corporeality; see also
KHANDHA
.
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