Skandhas means "heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings". In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging, the five material and mental factors that take part in the rise of craving and clinging. They are also explained as the five factors that constitute and explain a sentient being’s person and personality.

The five aggregates or heaps are: form (or material image, impression, sensations (or feelings, received from form), perceptions, mental activity or formations, and consciousness.

• Form: matter, body or "material form" of a being or any existence.
• Sensation: sensory experience of an object. It is either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral.
• Perception: sensory and mental process that registers, recognizes and labels (for instance, the shape of a tree, color green, emotion of fear).
• Mental activity: all types of mental imprints and conditioning triggered by an object. Includes any process that makes a person initiate action or act.
• Consciousness: Awareness of an object and discrimination of its components and aspects.

The five aggregates are often interpreted in the later tradition as an explanation of the constituents of person and personality. According to this interpretation, in each skandha – body, sensations, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness – there is emptiness and no substance.

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Reference

• [What are the five skandhas] (https://www.lionsroar.com/what-are-the-five-skandhas/)