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Abhidhamma-Mātikā
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching
edited and translated by
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
(2nd revised edition, 2011/2555)
Preface
The text of the Mātikā from Dhammasaṅgaṇī presented here has been established after a comparison of the three main editions of the text as listed below. The work as it stands is a preliminary to some texts that are being prepared from the Abhidhamma, including the Satipaṭṭhānavibhaṅga. I also hope to expand the present work at some point to include the explanations of the matrix that are given in the Nikkhepakaṇḍa and Aṭṭhakathā sections of Dhammasaṅgaṇī.
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
March 2007
Texts and Abbreviations
Texts:
(BJT) Sinhala edition:
Dhammasaṅgaṇippakaraṇa, Buddha Jayanti Tripiṭaka Series, Vol 41, Colombo, C.E. 1973 = B.E. 2515.
(ChS) Burmese edition:
Dhammasaṅgaṇīpāḷi, from the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana CD-ROM, 3rd rev. ed., Igatpuri, 1999.
(Thai) Royal Thai Edition:
Dhammasaṅgaṇī, from the Budsir CD-ROM edition of the text.
Translations consulted:
Buddhist Psychological Ethics, by Mrs C.A.F. Rhys Davids, translation and study of Dhammasaṅgaṇī, Pali Text Society, 1900, 3rd ed. reprinted Oxford, 1993.
The Dhammasaṅganī, Enumeration of Ultimate Realities, by U Kyaw Khine, DPPS, Yangon, C.E. 1996 = B.E. 2539.