Dhatukatha

place in “Abhidhamma Pitaka”

• In Abhidhamma Pitaka

  …of the same topics, (3) Dhatukatha (“Discussion of Elements”), another supplementary work, (4) Puggalapannatti (“Designation of Person”), largely a collection of excerpts from the Anguttara Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka, classifying human characteristics in relation to stages on the Buddhist path and generally considered the earliest Abhidhamma text, (5) Kathavatthu…

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  In Indian philosophy: Doctrines and ideas of the Buddhist Tipitaka

  …further analysis of the dhammas; Dhatukatha, which is a detailed classification, following many different principles, of the elements; Puggalapannatti, which gives descriptions of individual persons according to stages of their development; Kathavatthu, which contains discussions and refutation of other Buddhist schools; Yamaka, which deals with pairs of questions; and

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