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 VIII - The Category Of Form Under An Eightfold Aspect
(i.) The sphere of visible form is form cognizable by the eye.
(ii.) The sphere of sound is form cognizable by the ear.
(iii.) The sphere of odour is form cognizable by the nose.
(iv.) The sphere of taste is form cognizable by the tongue,
(v.) Pleasurable agreeable contact obtainable by touch is form cognizable by the body,
(vi.) Unpleasant disagreeable contact obtainable by touch is form cognizable by the body,
(vii.) The spheres of the five kinds of sense-objects are form cognizable by ideation,
(viii.) All form is form comprehensible by representative intellection.
Such is the Category of Form under an Eightfold Aspect.
[End of] the Group of Eight.