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Abhidhamma · Stage 5
Materiality and the great lists
… cohesion, temperature, motion Dependent materiality (upādā-rūpa) — the remaining twenty-four kinds Group (rūpa-kalāpa) — the smallest unit in which the material occurs Nibbāna — the unconditioned, …
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The depths of the Abhidhamma
Abhidhamma · eight central themes
… model of matter Matter never appears singly, but always in smallest groups (rūpa-kalāpa). The smallest such package, the "pure octad" (suddhaṭṭhaka), always contains eight inseparable properties …
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Cetanā, citta and the “flow of prāṇa”
Theravāda Abhidhamma · cetanā, cittaja-rūpa, vāyo-dhātu & kāyaviññatti
… and on the viññatti rūpas in particular. Nyanatiloka: Buddhist Dictionary. Entries viññatti, rūpa-kalāpa, samuṭṭhāna, vāyo-dhātu. Nina van Gorkom: Abhidhamma in Daily Life / Rūpas. A readily …
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Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification
Commentary · Buddhaghosa / Nyanatiloka (in German)
German only
… bildet diese die allerprimitivste Gruppe, die sog. Reine Achtergruppe (suddhatthaka-kalāpa), siehe Wtb. rūpa-kalāpa .) Jenes mit solchem winzigen Umfange entstehende und als Kalala-Stadium bezeichnete (embryonale) Körpergebilde …