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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 644

[644] Which is that form (rūpa) that is clung-to and subject to clinging (upādinnupādāniya), and visible (sanidassana)? The form base (rūpāyatana), due to kamma having been performed — this is that form that is clung-to and subject to clinging, and visible. Which is that form that is clung-to and subject to clinging, and invisible (anidassana)? The eye base (cakkhāyatana) … the body base (kāyāyatana), the femininity faculty (itthindriya), the masculinity faculty (purisindriya), the life faculty (jīvitindriya); or whatever other form there is that is due to kamma having been performed: the odor base (gandhāyatana), the taste base (rasāyatana), the tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana), the space element (ākāsadhātu), the water element (āpodhātu), the growth of form (rūpassa upacayo), the continuity of form (rūpassa santati), edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāro āhāro) — this is that form that is clung-to and subject to clinging, and invisible. Which is that form that is not clung-to but subject to clinging (anupādinnupādāniya), and visible? The form base, not due to kamma having been performed — this is that form that is not clung-to but subject to clinging, and visible. Which is that form that is not clung-to but subject to clinging, and invisible? The sound base (saddāyatana), bodily intimation (kāyaviññatti), verbal intimation (vacīviññatti), the lightness of form (rūpassa lahutā), the pliancy of form (rūpassa mudutā), the wieldiness of form (rūpassa kammaññatā), the decay of form (rūpassa jaratā), the impermanence of form (rūpassa aniccatā); or whatever other form there is that is not due to kamma having been performed: the odor base, the taste base, the tangible base, the space element, the water element, the growth of form, the continuity of form, edible nutriment — this is that form that is not clung-to but subject to clinging, and invisible.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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