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Abhidhamma Piṭaka
𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀥𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀧𑀺𑀝𑀓 pi 巴利論藏 zh 論蔵 ja
Pāli version of the advanced theology of Buddhism
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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
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