Dhammasaṅgaṇī
Pāli Canon |
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1. Vinaya Piṭaka |
2. Sutta Piṭaka |
3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka |
Dhammasaṅgaṇī | |
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Type | Canonical text |
Parent Collection | Pāli literature |
The Dhammasaṅgaṇī (
The book begins with a matika (
Format
Following the matika, the main body of the book is in four parts, as follows.
- The first part deals with states of mind, listing and defining factors present in them.
- The second deals with material phenomena, classifying them numerically, by ones, twos etc.
- The third part applies the material in the first two to explaining the classifications in the matika.
- The fourth does likewise, but in a different and sometimes more detailed way, and omitting the sutta method 2-fold classifications. This fourth part is mostly omitted from the old translation, only a few extracts being included. The new translation is complete.
Rhys Davids (1900) divisions of the text are as follows:
Book I. The Genesis of Thoughts (cittuppaada- ka.n.da.m) |
Part I. Good States of Consciousness |
Ch. I. The Eight Main Types of Thought relating to the Sensuous Universe |
Part II. Bad States of Consciousness |
Ch. VI. The Twelve Bad Thoughts (dvaadasa akusalacittaani) | |
Part III. Indeterminate States of Consciousness |
Ch. I. On Effect, or Result (vipaako): A. Good Karma. B. Bad Karma | |
Book II. Form ( ruupa -ka.n.da.m) |
[No parts] |
Ch. I. Exposition of Form under Single Concepts (ekaka-niddeso) |
Book III. The Division Entitled 'Elimination' (nikkhepa- ka.n.da.m) |
Part I. [No title] |
Ch. I. The Group of Triplets (tika.m) sa~n~nojana -gocchaka.m)Ch. VI. The Group of the Ties (gantha-gocchaka.m) Ch. VII. The Group of the Floods (ogha-gocchaka.m) Ch. VIII. The Group of the Bonds (yoga-gocchaka.m) Ch. IX. The Group of the Hindrances (niivarana-gocchaka.m) Ch. X. The Group on Contagion (paraamaasa-gocchaka.m) Ch. XI. The Great Intermediate Set of Pairs (mahantara-duka.m) Ch. XII. The Group on Grasping ( upaadaana -gocchaka.m)Ch. XIII. The Group on the Corruptions ( kilesa -gocchaka.m)Ch. XIV. The Supplementary Set of Pairs (pi.t.thiduka.m) |
Part II. The Suttanta Pairs of Terms (suttantika-duka.m) |
[No chapter titles] |
Translations
Several English translations are available, including:
- The Dhammasangani, edited by Edward Müller, 1885, published for the Pali Text Society, by H. Frowde in London
- A Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics, tr C. A. F. Rhys Davids, Royal Asiatic Society, 1900; reprinted with corrections, Pali Text Society,[2]Bristol
- Dhammasaṅgaṇī: Enumeration of the Ultimate Realities, tr U Kyaw Khine, Department for the Promotion and Propagation of the Sasana, Rangoon, ?1996; reprinted by Sri Satguru Pubns, Delhi, 2 volumes
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 81-215-0778-2.
- ^ "Pali Text Society". palitext.com. Archived from the original on 2004-06-20. Retrieved 2021-10-22.