What is nāma rūpa and how does it relate to the 5 aggregates?

[mikenz66]

Hi DavidCeballos,

There happens to be some discussion of various definitions of nāma rūpa buried in this thread:

Is the list of the twelve nidanas late?

I was recently looking through the wikipedia article for paṭiccasamuppāda. There’s a lot of content in there about how certain scholars think that the famous 12 nidanas are late. For example: According to Frauwallner, the twelvefold chain is a combination of two lists. Originally, the Buddha explained the appearance of dukkha from tanha, “thirst,” craving. This is explained and described in the second part, from tanha on forwards. Later on, under influence of concurring systems, the Buddha inc…