Yamaka
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Yamaka (; Pali for "pairs"; ) is a text of the Pali Canon, the scriptures of Buddhist monastic law. It is included in the Abhidhamma Pitaka and focuses on applied logic and analysis.
Key facts
- Pali text.type
- Canonical text
- Pali text.parent
- Abhidhamma Piṭaka
- Pali text.comment_by
- Pañcapakaraṇa-aṭṭhakathā (Yamakapakaraṇa-aṭṭhakathā)
- Pali text.abbrev
- Ya
- Pali text.subcomment_by
- Pañcapakaraṇamūlaṭīkā
- Pali text.comment_author
- Buddhaghosa
- Pali text.attribution
- Bhāṇaka
- Pali text.sc
- ya
- Pali text.next
- Patthana
- Pali text.prev
- Kv
- Pali text.subsubcomment_by
- Pañcapakaraṇa-anuṭīkā
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist text
- Part of
- Abhidhamma Piṭaka
- Followed by
- Paṭṭhāna
- Follows
- Kathavatthu
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- title
- यमक
- language of work or name
- Pali
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Content of the Ten Yamaka Chapters
- Related Texts
- References
Yamaka (; Pali for "pairs"; ) is a text of the Pali Canon, the scriptures of Buddhist monastic law. It is included in the Abhidhamma Pitaka and focuses on applied logic and analysis.
== Description == The term *Yamaka* means “pair,” as illustrated in the commentaries: for example, *Yamaka-pāṭihāriya* means “paired miracle,” and *Yamaka-sāla* means “paired sala tree,” etc.
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