Dhammasangani
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The Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Pāli; ; ), also known as the Dhammasaṅgaha, is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. It is the first of the seven texts of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.
Key facts
- Pali text.type
- Canonical text
- Pali text.parent
- Abhidhamma Piṭaka
- Pali text.comment_by
- Aṭṭhasālinī (Dhammasaṅgaṇī-aṭṭhakathā)
- Pali text.abbrev
- Ds; Dhs; DhS
- Pali text.subcomment_by
- Dhammasaṅgaṇīmūlatīkā
- Pali text.comment_author
- Buddhaghosa
- Pali text.attribution
- Bhāṇaka
- Pali text.sc
- ds
- Pali text.next
- Vb
- Pali text.subsubcomment_by
- Dhammasaṅgaṇīanutīkā
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The Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Pāli; ; ), also known as the Dhammasaṅgaha, is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. It is the first of the seven texts of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.
The book begins with a matika (Pali for "matrix"), which is a list of classifications of dhammas, variously translated as ideas, phenomena, states, patterns etc. The text lacks a nidana, though the commentaries record that attempts were made at creating one that depicted the Buddha preaching the Abhidhamma in one of the heavenly realms. Theravada tradition attributes the Dhammasaṅgaṇī to Sariputra, who is held to have recited the Abhidhamma as part of the sutta texts at the First Buddhist Council, and regards it as one of the canonical teachings that Mahinda brought to Sri Lanka from the empire of Asoka. Its title is abbreviated 'Dhs' in Pāli scholarship.