The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2573 page)

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UOJCA
:
Up
d
na
(P
li, Skt.; lit., ‘that which fuels a process’ or ‘keeps it going’). Grasping, clinging, attachment; according to Buddhism the mark of human behaviour generally. There are four types: grasping after sense objects, speculative philosophies (
di
hi-v
da)
, rules and rituals (see
S
LABBATA-PAR
M
SA
), and theories of a soul (
atta-v
da
).

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