Atthasālinī

Atthasālinī (Pali) is a Buddhist text composed by Buddhaghosa in the Theravada Abhidharma tradition. The title has been translated as "The Expositor"^[1] or "Providing the Meaning".^[2] In the Atthasālinī, Buddhaghosa explains the meaning of terms that occur in the Dhammasangani, a Buddhist text that is part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.^[1]

Atthasālinī
Type	Commentary
Parent Collection	Atthakatha
Commentary on	Dhammasaṅgaṇī
Composition	5th Century CE
Attribution	Buddhaghosa
Abbreviation	As
Pāli literature

Mental factors

Main article: Mental factors (Buddhism)

Within the Atthasālinī, Buddhaghosa explains the meanings of the fifty-two mental factors (Pali: cetasikas) described in the Dhammasangani.^[1]

Translations

• Buddhaghosa, Maung Tin, et al. (1958), The Expositor, Pali Text Society

References

1. van Gorkom (2009), Preface Archived July 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. Gethin 1998, p. 114.

Sources

• Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press
• van Gorkom, Nina (2010), Cetisikas, Zolag