Dhammasangani

Enumeration of Phenomena

400 B.C. | 124,932 words

*english translation* The first book of the Abhidhamma (Part 3 of the Tipitaka). The Dhammasangani enumerates all the paramattha dhamma (ultimate realities) to be found in the world. According to one such enumeration these amount to: * 52 cetasikas (mental factors), which, arising together in various combination, give rise to any one of... * ......

Chapter VII - The Category Of Form Under A Sevenfold Aspect

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(i.) The sphere of visible form is form cognizable by sight,
(ii.) The sphere of sound is form cognizable by hearing,
(iii.) The sphere of odour is form cognizable by smell.
(iv.) The sphere of taste is form cognizable by taste,
(v.) The sphere of the tangible is form cognizable by bodysensibility.

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(vi.) The spheres of visible form, sound, odour, taste, and the tangible are form cognizable by the element of ideation.
(vii.) All form is form comprehensible by the element of representative intellection.

Such is the Category of Form under a Sevenfold Aspect.

[End of] the Group of Seven.

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