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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 20

[20] What on that occasion is volition (cetanā)? The volition, the intending (sañcetanā), the state of having intended (sañcetayitatta), born of contact with the corresponding (tajja) mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇadhātu), that there is on that occasion — this is the volition on that occasion.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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