Text Tradition Buddhist traditions
Abhidhamma Piṭaka
𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀥𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀧𑀺𑀝𑀓 pi 巴利論藏 zh 論蔵 ja
Pāli version of the advanced theology of Buddhism
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches and affiliations
Many paths. Shared histories.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
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Recorded as a branch of
Texts · 7
Texts and teachings
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 7 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
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Kathavatthu
One of the seven books in the Theravada Abhidhamma Pitaka; contrasts the orthodox Theravada position on a range of issues to the heterodox views of various interlocutors - Text
Dhammasangani
1st part of Pāli Abhidhamma Pitak; begins with a matika (a list of classifications of dhammass); there are 22 3-fold classifications, followed by 100 2-fold ones according to the abhidhamma method and 42 according to the sutta method - Text
Paṭṭhāna
Part of the Pāli Abhidhamma Pitaka; a detailed examination of causal conditioning, the law of cause and effect, analyzing 24 types of conditional relations (paccaya) in relation to the classifications in the matika of the Dhammasangani - Text
Vibhanga
Part of the Pāli Abhidhamma Pitaka; has 18 chapters/topics (khandha, āyatana, dhātu etc.), each analyzed in 3 ways: by sutta (quotations from suttas), abhidhamma (synonym lists, numerical classifications) and questions (using Dhammasangani’s matika) - Text
Yamaka
Part of the Pāli Abhidhamma Pitaka; in 10 chapters, each dealing with a particular topic of Buddhist doctrine: roots, aggregates and so on; the treatment is by way of questions and answers: Is X Y? But is Y X? (hence the title “Pairs”) - Text
Dhatukatha
Part of the Pāli Abhidamma Pitaka; combines ideas from the two preceding abhidhamma books, the Dhammasangani and Vibhanga, in the form of questions and answers, grouped into 14 chapters by form
Connections
How Abhidhamma Piṭaka connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
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What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
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