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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 685

[685] Which phenomena (dhammā) have a past object (atītārammaṇa)? Those phenomena — mind (citta) and mental factors (cetasika) — that arise with reference to past phenomena: these phenomena have a past object. Which phenomena have a future object? Those phenomena — mind and mental factors — that arise with reference to future phenomena: these phenomena have a future object. Which phenomena have a present object? Those phenomena — mind and mental factors — that arise with reference to present phenomena: these phenomena have a present object. [Siam Raṭṭha edition footnote ¹: "In the European and Burmese books this reading does not appear."]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.