Hetudukkusalattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (5) · Vol. 44 · Section 60

[60] An indeterminate (abyākata) phenomenon (dhamma) that is a root (hetu) is a condition for an indeterminate phenomenon that is a root by predominance condition (adhipati-paccaya): object-predominance (ārammaṇādhipati), conascence-predominance (sahajātādhipati). Three. An indeterminate phenomenon that is not a root is a condition for an indeterminate phenomenon that is not a root by predominance condition: object-predominance, conascence-predominance. Three. An indeterminate phenomenon that is a root and an indeterminate phenomenon that is not a root are a condition for an indeterminate phenomenon that is a root by predominance condition: object-predominance. Three.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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