An Analysis of Individual-Types from the Abhidhamma (Puggalapaññatti)
Subtitle: The fourth book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: Nov 2016
Place of publication: USA
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781539688556
Description: This book provides an effective guide to especially Buddhist practitioners for gauging their daily progress as to path cultivation. It begins with a table of contents (mātikā), enumerating conventional Abhidhamma groups of the 5 aggregates, 12 bases, 18 elements, Truth, 22 faculties, follows by the exposition of individual-types by units, twofold, threefold, up to descriptions under tenfold. Nearly all of its designations are identical parallels drawn from the ten Nipātas of the Aṅguttara Nikāya with only some minor variations and omissions. Other designations are also found, sometimes as fragmentary descriptions, sometimes with different meanings, in the various suttas of the Nikāyas. For the benefit of the readers, I have referenced these relevant suttas in the mātikā, and I have also given necessary exposition to these referenced suttas in the subsequent Chapters. This book analyses 390 types of individual, or more specifically, types of monks and nuns, although some of the designations do overlap. These are unequivocal norms of measurements drawn up as a yardstick for providing advice to the declining monastics as well as a good manual for advancing progress of the assiduous monastics.
Table of contents: label: Abbrebiations
title: v; label: Introduction
title: 1; label: Puggalapaññattimātikā
title: 4; label: Unit-Mātikā
title: 6; label: Dyads-Mātikā
title: 11; label: Triads-Mātikā
title: 13; label: Tetrads-Mātikā
title: 15; label: Pentads-Mātikā
title: 21; label: Sextet-Mātikā
title: 23; label: Septets-Mātikā
title: 24; label: Octet-Mātikā
title: 24; label: Nonad-Mātikā
title: 25; label: Decadal Mātikā
title: 26; label: I.  Exposition by Units
title: 27; label: II.  Exposition by Dyads
title: 54; label: III.  Exposition by Triads
title: 78; label: IV.  Exposition by Tetrads
title: 95; label: V.  Exposition by Pentads
title: 129; label: VI.  Exposition by Sextet
title: 141; label: VII.  Exposition by  Septets
title: 143; label: VIII.  Exposition by Octet
title: 146; label: IX.  Exposition by Nonad
title: 147; label: X.  Exposition by Decade
title: 149; label: Conclusion
title: 153; label: Bibliography
title: 155; label: About The Author
title: 157; label: Index of English Words
title: 158; label: Index of Pāli Words
title: 160