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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 607

[607] Which is that form (rūpa), internal (ajjhattika), that is not an object (ārammaṇa) of ear-contact (sotasamphassa) … of nose-contact (ghānasamphassa) … of tongue-contact (jivhāsamphassa) … of body-contact (kāyasamphassa)? The eye sense base (cakkhāyatana) … the body sense base (kāyāyatana) — this is that form, internal, that is not an object of body-contact. Which is that form, external (bāhira), that is an object of body-contact? The tangible-object sense base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) — this is that form, external, that is an object of body-contact. Which is that form, external, that is not an object of body-contact? The form sense base (rūpāyatana) … edible food (kabaḷīkāra āhāra) — this is that form, external, that is not an object of body-contact.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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