Abhidhamma Interpretations of “Persons” (puggala): with Particular Reference to the Aṅguttara Nikāya

Early Buddhist Wisdom Literature: The “Book with Verses” (Sagāthāvagga) of the Saṃyutta nikāya

“…As in other appearances of this formula, the idea could be that he was in meditation, or that he just had a quiet moment to think. In this case and many others like it, it can be shown that the Puggala-paññatti is probably the source of the A ṅguttara, rather than vice versa as would normally be assumed (as in Kuan 2015). I will discuss the relation between these two texts-almost the full Abhidamma text is found in the A ṅguttara-in a separate publication.…”