Patisambhidamagga
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Paṭisambhidāmagga
‘The Way of Analysis’, the twelfth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pāli Canon. Although forming part of the Sūtra Piṭaka it is really a scholastic treatise in the Abhidharma style, and provides a systematic exposition of certain points of doctrine. The text quotes extensively from the Vinaya and Sutta Piṭakas.
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Patisambhidamagga
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The Patisambhidamagga (paṭisambhidā-; Pali for "path of discrimination"; sometimes called just Patisambhida for short; abbrevs.: Paṭis, Pṭs) is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. It is included there as the twelfth book of the Sutta Pitaka's Khuddaka Nikaya. Tradition ascribes it to the Buddha's disciple Sariputta. It comprises 30 chapters on different topics, of which the first, on knowledge, makes up about a third of the book.
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History
Tradition ascribes the Patisambhidamagga to the Buddha's great disciple, Sariputta.[1] Recent scholarship assesses that this text was likely composed around the 2nd c. CE.[2]
The Patisambhidamagga has been described as an "attempt to systematize the Abhidhamma" and thus as a possible precursor to the Visuddhimagga.[2]
Overview
The Patisambhidamagga has three divisions (vagga) composed of ten "chapters" (kathā) each for a total of thirty chapters. The three divisions are:
- Mahāvagga ("Great Division") - starts with an enumeration (mātikā) of 73 types of knowledge (ñāṇa) which are then elaborated upon in detail.
- Yuganandhavagga ("Coupling Division") - poses a series of questions.
- Paññāvagga ("Wisdom Division") - answers the prior division's questions.[2]
Translations
Translation: The Path of Discrimination, tr Nanamoli, 1982, Pali Text Society[1], Bristol
In addition, Mindfulness of Breathing, tr Nanamoli, 1998 (6th ed.), Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, includes a translation of the Anapanakatha in the Patisambhidamagga, along with the Anapanasati Sutta and other material from Pali literature on the subject.
Notes
- ^ This ascription can be found in the Pali commentary to the Patisambhidamagga (Paṭis-a I 1,18) (Hinüber, 2000, p. 60).
- ^ a b c Hinüber (2000), p. 60.
Sources
- Hinüber, Oskar von (2000). A Handbook of Pāli Literature. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-016738-7.
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