Hetudukaajjhattattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (5) · Vol. 44 · Section 838

[838] An external phenomenon (bahiddhā dhamma) that is a root (hetu) is a condition (paccaya) for an external phenomenon that is a root by object condition (ārammaṇa-paccaya); it is a condition by connascence condition (sahajāta-paccaya); it is a condition by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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