IndariyavibhaṅgaPañhāpucchakaHetugocchakavisajnā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 244

[244] Four faculties (indriya) are roots (hetu); eighteen faculties are not roots. Seven faculties are accompanied by roots (sahetuka); nine faculties are not accompanied by roots (ahetuka); six faculties may be accompanied by roots, may be not accompanied by roots. Seven faculties are associated with roots (hetusampayutta); nine faculties are dissociated from roots (hetuvippayutta); six faculties may be associated with roots, may be dissociated from roots. Four faculties are both roots and accompanied by roots; nine faculties should not be said to be either "both roots and accompanied by roots" or "accompanied by roots but not roots"; three faculties should not be said to be "both roots and accompanied by roots" — they are accompanied by roots but not roots; six faculties should not be said to be "both roots and accompanied by roots" — they may be accompanied by roots but not roots, or may be such that they should not be said to be "accompanied by roots but not roots." Four faculties are both roots and associated with roots; nine faculties should not be said to be either "both roots and associated with roots" or "associated with roots but not roots"; three faculties should not be said to be "both roots and associated with roots" — they are associated with roots but not roots; six faculties should not be said to be "both roots and associated with roots" — they may be associated with roots but not roots, or may be such that they should not be said to be "associated with roots but not roots." Nine faculties are not roots and are not accompanied by roots; three faculties are not roots but are accompanied by roots; four faculties should not be said to be either "not roots but accompanied by roots" or "not roots and not accompanied by roots"; six faculties may be not roots but accompanied by roots, may be not roots and not accompanied by roots.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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