is an Abh. term but already alluded to in the old sutta texts, e.g. M. 149: ”a^yatim pan~cúpa^da^nakkhandha^ upacayam gacchanti”, or in D.2: ”Ayam ka^yo ... odana-kumma^s” upacayo”.
【南傳佛教英文辭典】對“什麼是upacaya”的解釋
rúpassa: ”growth of corporeality”; s. khandha I; App.