A BUDDHIST MANUAL

OF

Psychological Ethics.

FROM THE PALI

OF THE

DHAMMA-SANGANI.

ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND.

NEW SERIES.

VOLUME XII.

A BUDDHIST MANUAL

OF

PSYCHOLOGICAL ETHICS

OF THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C.

BEING

A Translation, now made for the First Time, from the
Original Fali,

OF THE

FIRST BOOK IN THE ABHIDHAMMA PITAKA

ENTITLED

PHAMMA-SANGANI

(COMPENDIUM OF STATES OR PHENOMENA).

With Introductory Essay and Motes

BY

CAROLINE A. F. RHYS DAVIDS, M.A.,

FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY;

AND SOLD AT

22, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON.

1900.

TO

EDWARD T. STURDY,

BY

WHOSE GENEROUS ASSISTANCE

THE EDITION OF THE COMMENTARY

HAS BEEN RENDERED ACCESSIBLE TO SCHOLARS,

AND

A TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT TO READERS GENERALLY,

THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED

WITH THE CORDIAL REGARD OF HIS FRIEND,

THE TRANSLATOR.

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