Why is it called "Nama" as in namarupam?'
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It's a difficult question that i'll sleep on for a while but i do have some thoughts as well
it seems to me that 'nama' names as consciousness cognizes, it names things therefore it is called 'name'.
If we have 'vinnana' & 'rupa [eg eye & visible form]' on one side and 'nama' on the other side, then we can see that one side does the meeting and the other side names this meeting 'contact', it names 'feeling' born of contact as 'feeling' & etc.
I can see a person's form with the eye, i can hear their voice with the ear, iow i can know a person's form by means of my form.
On the other hand i can only know by 'name' due inference the feelings, contact, perception, intention & attention of another, these things are invisible & untangible to me, like a person's name eg 'Adam' is not tangible like the visible form of the body.
In this sense a person is then merely that which one knows by name and that which one knows otherwise.
As to why those exact terms for 'nama' and why cetana & manasikara instead of sankhara. I think this should be possible to deduct but i haven't gone that deep and it's not essential obviously.
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nama = name
nama (following) = mental element which could tend to do it's duty on an object.
nama (is followed by) = nibbana
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Name refers to mind and form refers to body. Together, name-and-form refers to the mind-body system, according to SN 12.2.
The body is called form because it is a form and also because it is the form-sensor.
The mind is called name because it is the name-assigner or namer. It assigns name to the sensed form and then forms intentions on it.
So name(-assigner) and form(-sensor) describe mind and body by their functions.
Of course, this is my deduction and I don't have sutta references to support this.
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