VaggaPaccayatākathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1596

[1596] Sakavādin: Is conditionality (paccayatā) definitely fixed? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is not investigation (vīmaṃsā) a root (hetu), and is it not also a predominant (adhipati)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: If investigation is a root and it is also a predominant, then indeed, sir, it should be said: "It is a condition (paccaya) by root condition (hetu-paccaya) and a condition by predominance condition (adhipati-paccaya)."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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