Ekādasakamātikā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 561

[561] Which is that form (rūpa) that is the object (ārammaṇa) of ear-contact (sotasamphassa) … of nose-contact (ghānasamphassa) … of tongue-contact (jivhāsamphassa) … of body-contact (kāyasamphassa)? The tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) — this is that form that is the object of body-contact. Which is that form that is not the object of body-contact? The eye base (cakkhāyatana) … edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāra āhāra) — this is that form that is not the object of body-contact.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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