To receive, be, bear; intp. ofvedana, 'perception,' 'knowledge obtained by the senses, feeling, sensation.' M. W. It is defined as mental reaction to the object, but in general it means receptivity, or sensation; the two forms of sensation of physical and mental objects are indicated. It is one of the fiveskandhas; as one of the twelvenidānas it indicates the incipient stage of sensation in the embryo.