Atthasālinī

Atthasālinī (Pali) is a Buddhist text composed by Buddhaghosa in the Theravada Abhidharma tradition. The title has been translated as "The Expositor"[1] or "Providing the Meaning".[2] In the Atthasālinī, Buddhaghosa explains the meaning of terms that occur in the Dhammasangani, a Buddhist text that is part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.[1]

Atthasālinī
TypeCommentary
Parent CollectionAtthakatha
Commentary onDhammasaṅgaṇī
Composition5th Century CE
AttributionBuddhaghosa
PTS AbbreviationAs
Pāli literature

Mental factors

Within the Atthasālinī, Buddhaghosa explains the meanings of the fifty-two mental factors (Pali: cetasikas) described in the Dhammasangani.[1]

Translations

gollark: Oh, did you play the universal paperclips game?
gollark: Paperclips themselves or paperclip maximizers?
gollark: I really need to work out how to type accented es.
gollark: Zombies are kind of cliched.
gollark: I mean, some people do need to work, and must also put their children somewhere.

References

  1. van Gorkom (2009), Preface Archived July 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gethin 1998, p. 114.

Sources

  • Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press
  • van Gorkom, Nina (2010), Cetisikas, Zolag
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