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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (3) · Vol. 42 · Section 515

[515] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is a tie (gantha) is a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie by immediacy condition (anantara-paccaya): earlier and earlier ties are a condition for later and later ties by immediacy condition. A phenomenon that is a tie is a condition for a phenomenon that is not a tie by immediacy condition: earlier and earlier ties are a condition for later and later aggregates (khandhā) that are not ties by immediacy condition; ties are a condition for emergence (vuṭṭhāna) by immediacy condition. A phenomenon that is a tie is a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie and for a phenomenon that is not a tie by immediacy condition: earlier and earlier ties are a condition for later and later ties and for the associated (sampayuttaka) aggregates by immediacy condition. A phenomenon that is not a tie is a condition for a phenomenon that is not a tie by immediacy condition: three [answers]; two advertings (āvajjanā) are to be done; in the first there is none. A phenomenon that is a tie and a phenomenon that is not a tie are a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie by immediacy condition: three [answers]; even one emergence is to be done, in the middle. A phenomenon that is a tie is a condition for a phenomenon that is a tie by contiguity condition (samanantara-paccaya): nine [answers]. … is a condition by connascence condition (sahajāta-paccaya): nine [answers]. … is a condition by mutuality condition (aññamañña-paccaya): nine [answers]. … is a condition by dependence condition (nissaya-paccaya): nine [answers].

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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