nama-rupa

Literally, "name & form," being the standard linguistic, visual, and tactile reference points for a living being- or any other object in the universe. Distinguished from sva-bhava, a person's or thing's "own true being," or from Atman, a being's true "Self." The term namarupa is used frequently in Buddhist literature and post-Buddhistic yoga literature to represent the exoteric nature of things, as distinguished from their true nature.