{{Short description, Buddhist Abhidharma text The ''Śāriputrābhidharma-śāstra'' (Ch. ''Shèlìfú Āpítán Lùn'', 舍利弗阿毘曇論, Taisho: 28, No. 1548, pp. 525c-719a) is a Buddhist

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text of the Sthāvirāḥ

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school, the only surviving Abhidharma from that school. It was translated into Chinese in thirty fascicles between 407 and 414 CE by the monks Dharmayasas and Dharmagupta at Ch'ang An. According to

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, it contains some of the same doctrinal content and listings that appear in the

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and Dharmaskandha, which is based on an "ancient core" of early Abhidharma.

Content

The Śāriputrābhidharma is divided into five parts:Frauwallner, Erich (1995). ''Studies in Abhidharma Literature and the Origins of Buddhist Philosophical Systems.'' Translated from the German by Sophie Francis Kidd as translator and under the supervision of Ernst Steinkellner as editor, p. 97. SUNY Press. # ''Sapraśnaka'' ## The 12 '' āyatanāni'' ## The 18 '' dhatāvah'' ## The 5 ''skandhāh'' ## The 4 '' āryasatyāni'' ## The 22 '' indriyāni'' ## the 7 '' bodhyaṅgāni'' ## the 3 ''akuśala''-''mūlani'' ## the 3 ''kuśala''-''mūlani'' ## the 4 ''mahābhūtāni'' ## the ''upāsakaha'' (its 5 ''samvarāh'') # ''Apraśnaka'' ## ''dhātuḥ'' ## ''

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'' ## ''pudgalaḥ'' (person) ## ''jñānam'' ## the '' pratītyasamutpādaḥ'' ## the 4 '' smṛtyupasthānāni'' ## the 4 ''samyakprahānāni'' (right abandonment) ## the 4 '' ṛddhipāda'' ## the 4 '' dhyānāni'' ## ''mārgaḥ'' ## ''akusalā dharmāḥ'' # ''Saṃgraha'' ## Enumeration and explanation of the elements to be discussed (mainly, the list of the ''Sapraśnaka'') ## In which ''skandhāh'', ''dhatāvah'', and ''āyatanāni'' these elements are contained. # ''Saṃprayoga'' ## Enumeration and explanation of the mental elements to be discussed. Frauwallner states: "the old ''mātrkā'' isthas been wholly abandoned and replaced by a long list of mental elements, and the question dealt with here is with which elements the elements of this list can be connected." ## In which ''skandhāh'', ''dhatāvah'', and ''āyatanāni'' these elements are contained. # ''Prasthāna'' ## the 10 ''pratyayāḥ'' (conditions) ## the ''hetavaḥ'' (causes) ## ''nāmarūpam'' (name and form) ## the 10 ''saṃyojanāni'' ## the ''kāya-'', ''vāk-'', and ''manaścaritam'' (bodily, vocal and mental acts) ## '' sparśaḥ'' (sense contact) ## '' cittam'' (mind) ## the 10 ''akusalāḥ karmapathāḥ'' (unwholesome karma paths) ## the 10 ''kusalāḥ karmapathāḥ'' ## ''samādhiḥ''

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References

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