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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 614

[614] Which is that form (rūpa) which is external (bāhira) and is not the ear element (sota-dhātu)? … not the nose element (ghāna-dhātu)? … not the tongue element (jivhā-dhātu)? … not the body element (kāya-dhātu)? The form base (rūpāyatana) … edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāra āhāra) — this is that form which is external and is not the body element. Which is that form which is internal (ajjhattika) and is the body element? The body base (kāyāyatana) — this is that form which is internal and is the body element. Which is that form which is internal and is not the body element? The eye base (cakkhāyatana) … the tongue base (jivhāyatana) — this is that form which is internal and is not the body element.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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