Dhamma Sangani

Category: Abhidhamma Pitaka

From Buddhist Encyclopedia

1. Dhammasangani ("Enumeration of Phenomena"). This book 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...
   * ...89 different possible cittas (states of consciousness)
   * 4 primary physical elements, and 23 physical phenomena derived from them
   * Nibbana

Availability of English translations:

   * Buddhist Psychological Ethics, translated from the Pali by C.A.F. Rhys Davids (Oxford: Pali Text Society, 1900).