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mātṛkā (= Pali mātikā), ( 1 ) a name for the Abhidharma(piṭaka) : °kādhītā Divy 18.6 ; sūtrasya vinayasya °kāyāḥ 18.15 ; sūtraṃ mātṛkā ca 333.7 ; MSV iii.122.4 °kā-dharo; Prāt 520.13 ; ( 2 ) (see also Bodhisattva(sūtra-)-piṭaka-mātṛkā ) summary, condensed statement of contents ; the Abhidharma probably professed originally to be a summary of the main points of certain aspects of the Dharma (see CPD s.v. abhidhamma): Bbh 210.10 ; 274.21 ; ( prob. ) 303.25 ; aṣṭau mātṛkā-padāni MSV ii.161.14 , eight summary points .