clinging

  • 21clinging vine — cling′ing vine′ n. a person who behaves in a helpless and dependent manner in relationships with others • Etymology: 1960–65, amer …

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  • 22climbing fibers — clinging fibers afferent fibers arising in part from the middle cerebellar peduncle and passing through the granular layer of the cerebellar cortex to terminate on Purkinje cell dendrites. Called also tendril f s. Cf. mossy f s …

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  • 23attached to — clinging to, adhering to; bound to, connected to; annexed to, appended to …

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  • 24Upādāna — Translations of Upādāna English : clinging, grasping, attachment Pali …

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  • 25Skandha — Buddhist term pi= khandha sa= स्कन्ध (skandha) zh=五蘊(T) / 五蕴(S) zh Latn=wǔyùn vi=Ngũ uẩn ja=五蘊 bo=ཕུང་པོ་ལྔ་ bo Latn=phung po lnga en=aggregate, mass, heap my=ခန္ဒာငါးပါး my Latn=IPA|kʰà̃ dà ŋá bá khan da nga: ba:In Buddhist phenomenology and… …

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  • 26Pratītyasamutpāda — See also: Śūnyatā Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal …

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  • 27Outline of Buddhism — See also: Index of Buddhism related articles Flag of Buddhism …

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  • 28cling — [[t]klɪ̱ŋ[/t]] clings, clinging, clung 1) VERB If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly. [V to/onto n] Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank... [V to/onto n] She had to cling onto the door handle until the… …

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  • 29Ayatana — Āyatana (Pāli; Sanskrit) is the Buddhist term for a sense base or sense sphere. [ Sense base is used for instance by Bodhi (2000b) and Soma (1999). Sense sphere is used for instance by VRI (1996) and suggested by [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi… …

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  • 30primate — primatal, adj., n. primatial /pruy may sheuhl/, primatical /pruy mat i keuhl/, adj. /pruy mayt/ or, esp. for 1, /pruy mit/, n. 1. Eccles. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any of various… …

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