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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (1) · Vol. 38 · Section 21

[21] Whatever phenomena (dhammā) are name (nāma), do all those have the name-root as root (nāmamūlamūlaka)? Name that is rootless (ahetuka) does not have the name-root as root; name that is with roots (sahetuka) has the name-root as root. Or rather, whatever [phenomena] have the name-root as root, are all those phenomena name? Form (rūpa) originated by name (nāmasamuṭṭhāna) has the name-root as root but is not name; name both has the name-root as root and is name. Whatever phenomena are name, do all those, by way of the name-root (nāmamūlena), have one and the same root as root (ekamūlamūlaka)? Name that is rootless, by way of the name-root, does not have one and the same root as root; name that is with roots, by way of the name-root, has one and the same root as root. Or rather, whatever [phenomena], by way of the name-root, have one and the same root as root, are all those phenomena name? Form originated by name, by way of the name-root, has one and the same root as root but is not name; name, by way of the name-root, both has one and the same root as root and is name. Whatever phenomena, by way of the name-root, have one and the same root as root, do all those, by way of the name-root, have mutual roots as root (aññamaññamūlamūlaka)? Whichever roots arise together, those name-roots both have one and the same root as root and have mutual roots as root; the remaining phenomena conascent with the name-roots (nāmamūlasahajāta), by way of the name-root, have one and the same root as root but do not have mutual roots as root. Or rather, whatever [phenomena], by way of the name-root, have mutual roots as root, are all those phenomena name? Yes (āmantā). ___________

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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