Ajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 2093

[2093] Internal and external phenomena (dhammā) are a condition for an internal phenomenon by prenascence condition (purejāta-paccaya). Object-prenascence (ārammaṇa-purejāta), base-prenascence (vatthu-purejāta): The external form base (rūpāyatana) and the internal eye base (cakkhāyatana) are a condition for internal eye-consciousness (cakkhuviññāṇa) by prenascence condition; the external tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) and the internal body base (kāyāyatana), for internal body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa); the external form base and the internal base (vatthu) … the external tangible-object base and the internal base are a condition for the internal aggregates (khandhā) by prenascence condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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