Summary of the topics of Abhidhamma (Abhidhammatthasangaha)

Anuruddha; Sumangala ; translated by R.P. Wijeratne and Rupert Gethin

ISBN 10: 0860134121 / ISBN 13: 9780860134121

Published by Oxford, The Pali Text Society, 2007

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xxi, 415 pages ; 23 cm. Translation of Abhidhammatthasa'gaha and Abhidhammatthavibhavina , a manual covering the whole field of Abhidhamma in a condensed way, published together with one of the commentaries on it. (10th and 12th century CE).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Summary of the topics of Abhidhamma (Abhidhammatthasangaha)
• Publisher: Oxford, The Pali Text Society
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860134121
• ISBN 13: 9780860134121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Buddhism
  • Pali

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Synopsis

Translations of the Abhidhammatthasangaha by Anuruddha, and the commentary on it, the Abhidhammatthavibhavini by Sumangala.The Abhidhammatthasangaha is regarded in Burma as one of seven or nine "little finger manuals", which provide concise introduction to the system of Abhidhamma presented in the seven works of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. It is today the preferred introductory manual for the study of Abhidhamma in Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It consists of prose passages interspersed with mnemonic verses. The text's great virtue is that in some fifty pages or so it suceeds in providing a succinct yet comprehensive summary of the Theravada Abhidhamma system.