Ajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2092

[2092] An external phenomenon (bahiddhā dhamma) is a condition for an internal phenomenon (ajjhatta dhamma) by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya). Object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta): the external eye … the base (vatthu) as impermanent (aniccato) … grief (domanassa) arises. With the divine eye (dibba-cakkhu), a form … with the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu), a sound … The external form base (rūpāyatana), for internal eye-consciousness (cakkhu-viññāṇa), … the external tangible base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) is a condition for internal body-consciousness (kāya-viññāṇa) by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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