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The Buddha is said to have expounded the Abhidhamma in Tavatimsa Heaven, the abode of the devas(angels). Dhatukatha was the subject of discourse following Vibhanga. Therefore, its contents form the third book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. Dhatu (element) is defined as that which bears its own nature. Thus all the states of enquiry of the text beginning with the aggregates and ending with the couplet on lamentation come under the elements. This also implies that elements are not living beings and are not concerned with them. Dhatu-katha (Discourse on Elements) deals with the classification, unclassification, association and dissociation of the above states of enquiry with reference to the three categories of 5 aggregates, 12 bases and 18 elements. Although these elements are expounded in the Dhammasangani and Vibhanga, they are not treated exclusively and in detail there as they are in this text. |
The Buddha is said to have expounded the Abhidhamma in Tavatimsa Heaven, the abode of the devas(angels). Dhatukatha was the subject of discourse following Vibhanga. Therefore, its contents form the third book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. Dhatu (element) is defined as that which bears its own nature. Thus all the states of enquiry of the text beginning with the aggregates and ending with the couplet on lamentation come under the elements. This also implies that elements are not living beings and are not concerned with them. Dhatu-katha (Discourse on Elements) deals with the classification, unclassification, association and dissociation of the above states of enquiry with reference to the three categories of 5 aggregates, 12 bases and 18 elements. Although these elements are expounded in the Dhammasangani and Vibhanga, they are not treated exclusively and in detail there as they are in this text. |
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=='''Dhatukatha : Chapters (Translation By U Narada)'''== |
=='''Dhatukatha : Chapters (Translation By U Narada)'''== |
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