appropriation; obtaining; clinging
Buddhist technical term, specifically the ninth link in the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination (十二因縁). Refers to the act of grasping or clinging to objects of desire, which leads to becoming and suffering. Rare outside Buddhist contexts.
See also: 十二因縁
In the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, 取 refers to the attachment that arises from craving.
取 (grasping) is the ninth link in the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, immediately preceded by 愛 (craving), the eighth link, so learners often mix up which stage represents desire versus the act of clinging to it.
acquisition; obtaining; getting
gathering material; collecting information; covering an event; reporting; interviewing
intake; ingestion · absorption; adoption; assimilation · reception and protection
picking; collecting; harvesting; gathering · extraction
hearing; listening to a statement; questioning · listening; tuning in
exploitation; bleeding someone dry; squeezing someone for gain · milking; extracting liquid by squeezing
usurpation; seizure; taking by force
water intake; drawing water
From Middle Chinese 取 (tshjuX). The Buddhist sense is a translation of Sanskrit upādāna, meaning 'clinging' or 'attachment'.
preoccupation; taking first; earning the first (runs)
defrauding; swindling; obtaining by fraud
capture; looting; plundering · abduction; kidnapping
scoring in succession; winning consecutive points
enterprising; progressive; go-ahead
theft; stealing; larceny
usurpation
fractionation; batching; isolation
preoccupation
collection; acquisition
adoption or rejection; selection; choice
collection; pickup
seizure; plunder; robbery; taking by force
feeling; sensing; intuitive understanding
abduction; kidnapping
picking; plucking