Puggalapannatti
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The Puggalapaññatti (IAST: Pudgalaprajñapti; ) is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, included in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. It contains the least material among the seven texts of the Abhidhamma and is distinct in that it discusses persons rather than emphasizing ultimate realities (paramattha dhammas) or mental phenomena, as in other Abhidhamma texts. Its linguistic style resembles declarative sentences found in the Sutta Pitaka, particularly in the Anguttara Nikaya and the Sangiti Sutta of the Digha Nikaya, whereas the Abhidhamma Pitaka typically uses an enumerat
Key facts
- Pali text.type
- Canonical text
- Pali text.parent
- Abhidhamma Piṭaka
- Pali text.comment_by
- Pañcapakaraṇa-aṭṭhakathā (Puggalapaññatti-aṭṭhakathā)
- Pali text.subcomment_by
- Pañcapakaraṇamūlaṭīkā
- Pali text.abbrev
- Pp
- Pali text.comment_author
- Buddhaghosa
- Pali text.attribution
- Bhāṇaka
- Pali text.sc
- pp
- Pali text.prev
- Dt
- Pali text.next
- Kv
- Pali text.subsubcomment_by
- Pañcapakaraṇa-anuṭīkā
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- Instance of
- Buddhist text
- Part of
- Abhidhamma Piṭaka
- Followed by
- Kathavatthu
- Follows
- Dhatukatha
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- language of work or name
- Pali
- title
- Puggala-paññatti
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The Puggalapaññatti (IAST: Pudgalaprajñapti; ) is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, included in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. It contains the least material among the seven texts of the Abhidhamma and is distinct in that it discusses persons rather than emphasizing ultimate realities (paramattha dhammas) or mental phenomena, as in other Abhidhamma texts. Its linguistic style resembles declarative sentences found in the Sutta Pitaka, particularly in the Anguttara Nikaya and the Sangiti Sutta of the Digha Nikaya, whereas the Abhidhamma Pitaka typically uses an enumerative style. In Thai editions of the Tipiṭaka, the Puggalapaññatti is often combined with the Dhātukathā due to its relatively short content.
== Content ==
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