Upadhi
Upadhi,[fr.upa + dhā,cp.upadahati & BSk.upadhi Divy 50,224,534] 1.putting down or under,foundation,basis,ground,substratum (of rebirth) S.I,117,124,134,186; A.II,24 (°saṅkhaya); III,382 (id.); IV,150 (°kkhaya); It.21,69; Sn.364,728 (upadhī-nidānā dukkha = vaṭṭa-dukkhaṁ SnA 505),789,992; Nd1 27,141; Nd2 157; Vbh.338; Nett 29; DhA.IV,33.-- (2) clinging to rebirth (as impeding spiritual progress),attachment (almost syn.with kilesa or taṇhā,cp.nirupadhi & anupadhi); S A.= pañcakkhandhā,S.II,108.At M I 162 (cp.Sn.33 = S.I,6 = I.107) wife and children,flocks and herds,silver and gold are called upadhayo. upadhi is the root of sorrow ib.454; S.II,108; Sn.728 = 1051 = Th.I,152 and the rejection of all upadhis is Nibbāna D.II,36.(cp.S.I,136; III,133; V,226; A.I,80; M.I,107 = II.93; Vin.I,5,36 = J.I,83 = Mvst II.444; It.46,62); D.III,112 calls that which has upadhi ignoble (= non-Aryan).At S.I,117 = Divy 224 upadhi is called a bond (saṁgo).Cp.opadhika.-- The upadhis were later systematized into a set of 10,which are given at Nd2 157 as follows:5 taṇh’upadhis (taṇhā,diṭṭhi,kilesa,kamma,duccarita),āhār-upadhi,paṭigh°,catasso upādinnā dhātuyo u.(viz.kāma,diṭṭhi,sīlabbata,attavāda; see D.III,230),cha ajjhattikāni āyatanāni u.,cha viññāṇa-kāyā u.Another modified classification see at Brethren p.398.(Page 142)