The Puggalapannatti (-ññ-) is a Buddhist scripture, part of the
Pali Canon
The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete extant early Buddhist canon. It derives mainly from the Tamrashatiya school.
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of
Theravada
''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...
Buddhism, where it is included in the
Abhidhamma Pitaka.
This book deals with classifications of persons, which are arranged numerically, from 1-fold to 10-fold. It lists them at the beginning and then explains them.
Translations
''A Designation of Human Types'', tr B. C. Law, 1922,
Pali Text Society
Bristol
External links
Pali text and English translationat suttacentral.net
Abhidhamma Pitaka
Theravada Buddhist texts
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