Hetudukavedanāttika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (5) · Vol. 44 · Section 81

[81] A phenomenon (dhamma) that is a root (hetu) and is associated with pleasant feeling (vedanā) is a condition, by predominance condition (adhipati-paccaya), for a phenomenon that is a root and is associated with pleasant feeling: object-predominance (ārammaṇādhipati), conascence-predominance (sahajātādhipati). Three. A phenomenon that is not a root and is associated with pleasant feeling is a condition, by predominance condition, for a phenomenon that is not a root and is associated with pleasant feeling: object-predominance, conascence-predominance. Three. A phenomenon that is a root and is associated with pleasant feeling, and a phenomenon that is not a root and is associated with pleasant feeling, are a condition, by predominance condition, for a phenomenon that is a root and is associated with pleasant feeling: object-predominance. Three.

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