[836] Therein, which are the seventy-seven bases of knowledge (ñāṇavatthu)?
Knowledge (ñāṇa) that 'with birth (jāti) as condition there is aging and death (jarāmaraṇa)'; knowledge that 'when there is no birth, there is no aging and death'; knowledge that 'in the past period too, with birth as condition there is aging and death'; knowledge that 'when there is no birth, there is no aging and death'; knowledge that 'in the future period too, with birth as condition there is aging and death'; knowledge that 'when there is no birth, there is no aging and death'; and the knowledge that whatever knowledge of the stability of dhammas (dhammaṭṭhiti-ñāṇa) he has, that too is subject to destruction (khayadhamma), subject to vanishing (vayadhamma), subject to fading away (virāgadhamma), subject to cessation (nirodhadhamma).
Knowledge that 'with existence (bhava) as condition there is birth' … Knowledge that 'with clinging (upādāna) as condition there is existence' … Knowledge that 'with craving (taṇhā) as condition there is clinging' … Knowledge that 'with feeling (vedanā) as condition there is craving' … Knowledge that 'with contact (phassa) as condition there is feeling' … Knowledge that 'with the six sense bases (saḷāyatana) as condition there is contact' … Knowledge that 'with name-and-form (nāmarūpa) as condition there are the six sense bases' … Knowledge that 'with consciousness (viññāṇa) as condition there is name-and-form' … Knowledge that 'with volitional formations (saṅkhārā) as condition there is consciousness' … Knowledge that 'with ignorance (avijjā) as condition there are volitional formations'; knowledge that 'when there is no ignorance, there are no volitional formations'; knowledge that 'in the past period too, with ignorance as condition there are volitional formations'; knowledge that 'when there is no ignorance, there are no volitional formations'; knowledge that 'in the future period too, with ignorance as condition there are volitional formations'; knowledge that 'when there is no ignorance, there are no volitional formations'; and the knowledge that whatever knowledge of the stability of dhammas he has, that too is subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation.
These are the seventy-seven bases of knowledge. Thus is the basis of knowledge by way of seven.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.