Hetudukavitakkattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (5) · Vol. 44 · Section 295

[295] A phenomenon (dhamma) without thought-conception and with mere discursive thought (avitakka-vicāramatta) that is a root (hetu) is a condition, by predominance condition (adhipati-paccaya), for a phenomenon without thought-conception and with mere discursive thought that is a root: conascence-predominance (sahajātādhipati). Three. A phenomenon without thought-conception and with mere discursive thought that is not a root (na-hetu) is a condition, by predominance condition, for a phenomenon without thought-conception and with mere discursive thought that is not a root: object-predominance (ārammaṇādhipati), conascence-predominance. Three. A phenomenon without thought-conception and with mere discursive thought that is a root, and a phenomenon without thought-conception and with mere discursive thought that is not a root, are a condition, by predominance condition, for a phenomenon without thought-conception and with mere discursive thought that is not a root: object-predominance.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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