Maggārammaṇattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 1851

[1851] A phenomenon (dhamma) with the path as predominance (maggādhipati) is a condition for a phenomenon with the path as root (maggahetuka) and with the path as predominance by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya). Natural decisive support (pakatūpanissaya): the first path … is a condition for the fourth path by decisive-support condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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