12.Vedana is a term of very general import, meaning sentience or reaction, bodily or mental, on contact or im- pression. Sensation is scarcely so loyal a rendering as feeling, for though vedana is often qualified as "born of the contact" in sense-activity, it is always defined generally...
Attavadupadana atma vadi ~ attachment to the self-{or soul-} theory; the belief in a persistent self or soul; clinging to the ego belief. Attha arth 1. meaning; the spirit; the correct sense; essence. 2. benefit; advantage; gain; welfare; the good. 3. goal; purpose. Atthacariya...