VaggaRūpadhātuyāāyatanakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1226

[1226] "Is there therein the tongue base (jivhāyatana) but no taste base (rasāyatana)? … Is there therein the body base (kāyāyatana) but no tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana)?" — "Yes." "Is there therein the eye base (cakkhāyatana) but no form base (rūpāyatana)?" — "It should not be said thus." … "Is there therein the body base but no tangible base?" — "Yes." "Is there therein the ear base (sotāyatana) but no sound base (saddāyatana)? … Is there therein the mind base (manāyatana) but no dhamma base (dhammāyatana)?" — "It should not be said thus." …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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