Puggalapannatti

Buddhist text

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In Abhidhamma Pitaka
…Elements”), another supplementary work, (4) Puggalapannatti (“Designation of Person”), largely a collection of excerpts from the Anguttara Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka, classifying human characteristics in relation to stages on the Buddhist path and generally considered the earliest Abhidhamma text, (5) Kathavatthu (“Points of Controversy”), attributed to Moggaliputta, president of…
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In Indian philosophy: Doctrines and ideas of the Buddhist Tipitaka
…different principles, of the elements; Puggalapannatti, which gives descriptions of individual persons according to stages of their development; Kathavatthu, which contains discussions and refutation of other Buddhist schools; Yamaka, which deals with pairs of questions; and Patthana, which gives an analysis of relations among the elements.
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