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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 131

[131] Eighteen elements (dhātu): the eye element (cakkhu-dhātu), the form element (rūpa-dhātu), the eye-consciousness element (cakkhuviññāṇa-dhātu); the ear element (sota-dhātu), the sound element (sadda-dhātu), the ear-consciousness element (sotaviññāṇa-dhātu); the nose element (ghāna-dhātu), the odour element (gandha-dhātu), the nose-consciousness element (ghānaviññāṇa-dhātu); the tongue element (jivhā-dhātu), the taste element (rasa-dhātu), the tongue-consciousness element (jivhāviññāṇa-dhātu); the body element (kāya-dhātu), the tangible-object element (phoṭṭhabba-dhātu), the body-consciousness element (kāyaviññāṇa-dhātu); the mind element (mano-dhātu), the dhamma element (dhamma-dhātu), the mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇa-dhātu). Of the eighteen elements, how many are wholesome (kusala), how many unwholesome (akusala), how many indeterminate (abyākata), … how many with conflict (saraṇa), how many without conflict (araṇa)?

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.