Mental factor

cetasika
Mind & theory Going deeper beside the path

A mental factor that accompanies a citta and colours it (52 of them according to the Abhidhamma).

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Passages where cetasika occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

  • Logic & epistemology · Satyasiddhiśāstram · Sanskrit

    yadāha bhavān- bhagavān svayamāha ye cittaniśritāste caitasikā iti | cittotpanno dharmaścaitasika ityucyate | cittaṃ cittādutpannamiti caitasikamityākhyāyate | bhavānāha- bhagavānnāvocanna santi caitasikā iti | kintu vadāmi cittaviśeṣā eva caitasikā iti | yasya yuktirasti [tasya] anuktāpyuktā bhavati | evaṃ [yasya] yuktirnāsti | [tasya] uktāpi anukteva | na tena heturvaktavyaḥ | vakṣyāmaśca cittacaitāsikāḥ saṃjñārthā iti |

  • Tipiṭaka · Paṭṭhānapakaraṇa · Pāli

    Cetasiko ca acetasiko ca dhammā acetasikassa dhammassa atthipaccayena paccayo— sahajātaṁ, purejātaṁ, pacchājātaṁ, āhāraṁ, indriyaṁ. <b>Sahajātā</b>—cakkhuviññāṇasahagatā khandhā ca cakkhāyatanañca cakkhuviññāṇassa …pe… kāyaviññāṇassa …pe… cetasikā khandhā ca cittañca cittasamuṭṭhānānaṁ rūpānaṁ atthipaccayena paccayo; cetasikā khandhā ca cittañca mahābhūtā ca cittasamuṭṭhānānaṁ rūpānaṁ atthipaccayena paccayo. <b>Sahajātā</b>—cetasikā khandhā ca vatthu ca cittassa atthipaccayena paccayo (paṭisandhikkhaṇe tīṇipi kātabbā). <b>Pacchājātā</b>—cetasikā khandhā ca cittañca purejātassa imassa kāyassa atthipaccayena paccayo. <b>Pacchājātā</b>—cetasikā khandhā ca cittañca kabaḷīkāro āhāro ca imassa …

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