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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 595

[595] Which is that form that is internal (ajjhattika), not intimation (na viññatti)? The eye sense base (cakkhāyatana) … the body sense base (kāyāyatana) — this is that form that is internal, not intimation. Which is that form that is external (bāhira), intimation (viññatti)? Bodily intimation (kāyaviññatti), verbal intimation (vacīviññatti) — this is that form that is external, intimation. Which is that form that is external, not intimation? The form sense base (rūpāyatana) … edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāro āhāro) — this is that form that is external, not intimation.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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