Hetudukavitakkattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (5) · Vol. 44 · Section 281

[281] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is a root (hetu), accompanied by thought and examination (savitakka-savicāra), is a condition, by predominance condition (adhipati-paccaya), for a phenomenon that is a root, accompanied by thought and examination: object-predominance (ārammaṇādhipati), conascence-predominance (sahajātādhipati) — three. A phenomenon that is not a root, accompanied by thought and examination, is a condition, by predominance condition, for a phenomenon that is not a root, accompanied by thought and examination: object-predominance, conascence-predominance — three. A phenomenon that is a root, accompanied by thought and examination, and a phenomenon that is not a root, accompanied by thought and examination, are a condition, by predominance condition, for a phenomenon that is a root, accompanied by thought and examination: object-predominance — three.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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