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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (3) · Vol. 42 · Section 353

[353] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is not a taint (āsava) is a condition for a phenomenon that is not a taint by nutriment condition (āhāra-paccaya): Nutriments (āhārā) that are not taints are a condition for the associated aggregates (khandha) and for mind-originated forms (cittasamuṭṭhāna-rūpa) by nutriment condition. At the moment of rebirth-linking (paṭisandhikkhaṇa), edible nutriment (kabaḷīkāra āhāra) is a condition for this body by nutriment condition. A phenomenon that is not a taint is a condition for a phenomenon that is a taint by nutriment condition: Nutriments that are not taints are a condition for the associated taints by nutriment condition. A phenomenon that is not a taint is a condition for a phenomenon that is a taint and for a phenomenon that is not a taint by nutriment condition: Nutriments that are not taints are a condition for the associated aggregates and the taints, and for mind-originated forms, by nutriment condition.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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