Author Affiliations: National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
摘要
This paper introducesAbhidhamma literature not familiar to Chinese scholars. The author classifies Abhidhamma literature into seven categories: 1. Abhidhamma- piṭaka, containing Dhammasaṅgaṇi, Vibhaṅga, Dhātukathā, Puggalapaññatti, Kathā-vatthu, Yamaka and Paṭṭhāna; 2. aṭṭhakathā, commentaries to the texts in the first category; 3. ṭīkā, sub-commentaries to the texts in the second category; 4. handbooks or manuals for the Abhidhamma-piṭaka; 5. commentaries to ṭīkā, porāṇa-ṭīkā and navaṭīkā; 7. other texts related to Abhidhamma-piṭaka. There are also new Abhidhamma commentarial works composed in this tradition by monastic authors in southeast Asia. This paper emphasizes the abundance of Abhidhamma literature. The author also encourages the use of Abhidhamma literature in the fields of psychology and philosophy.
