masculinea · abhidhamma 1 · abhidhamma 2
Abhidhamma [abhi + dhamma] the "special Dhamma," i.e., 1. theory of the Doctrine, the Doctrine classified, the Doctrine pure and simple (without any admixture of literary grace or of personalities, or of anecdotes, or of arguments ad personam ), Vin I 64, 68; IV 144; IV 344. Coupled with abhivinaya, D III 267; M I 272. 2. (only in the Chronicles and commentaries) name of the Third Piṭaka, the third group of the canonical books. Dīp V 37; Pv-a 140. See the detailed discussion at Sv I 15, 18 f. [As the word abhidhamma standing alone is not found in Snp or S or A, and only once or twice in the D.B. , it probably came into use only towards the end of the period in which the 4 great Nikāyas grew up.] {58} -kathā discourse on philosophical or psychological matters, M I 214, 218; A III 106, 392. See dhammakathā.
the name (of the analytic exposition) of the third pitaka of the Buddhist Canon
【陽】《阿毗達摩》 論藏。~mika,【形】 論藏師。
(masc, masc, from dhamma) details of the Dhamma; finer points of the teaching; (comm) doctrine and 'higher' doctrine [lit.] about the Dhamma Construction: abhi + √dhar + ma
(masc, masc, from dhamma) 'higher' doctrine; third basket of the Tipiṭaka analytic doctrine of the Buddhist Canon [lit.] about the Dhamma Construction: abhi + √dhar + ma