Note 14 — PART II

This fundamental or basic principle may be designated in Pālī, Nidāna—chain of causation or, literally, "Origination of dependence". Twelve Nidānas are specified, viz.: Avijjā—ignorance of the truth of natural religion; Samkhāra—causal action, karma; Viññana—consciousness of personality, the "I am I"; Nāma rūpa—name and form; Salayatana—six senses; Phassa—contact, Vedanā—feeling, Tanhā—desire for enjoyment; Upādāna—clinging, Bhava—individualising existence; Jāti—birth, caste; Jarā, narana, sokaparidesa, dukkha, domanassa, upāyāsa—decay, death, grief, lamentation, despair.