Arupa
/əˈruːpə/noun
A Sanskrit and Buddhist term meaning “formless” or “without shape.”
Did you know?In Indian philosophy and Buddhism, arūpa names the formless meditative realms, where reality is said to exist beyond visible shape and material form.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*rewh₁-
“to fashion, shape, or form”
Sanskrit
SA
rūpa
“form, shape, appearance, beauty”
Sanskrit
SA
arūpa
“without form; formless”
Pali
PA
arūpa
“formless; pertaining to the immaterial realms”
English
EN
arupa
“a term borrowed from Sanskrit/Buddhist usage meaning formless”