The Seventy-Five Dharmas (Elements of Existence)
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The Seventy-Five Dharmas (Elements of Existence) in the Abhidharmakosa of Vasubandhu
Created Elements, Samskrta-dharma (Dharmas 1-72)
I. Forms, Rupani
Sense Organs
1. eye, caksu
2. ear, srotra
3. nose, ghrana
4. tongue, jihva
5. body, kaya
Sense Objects
6. form, rupa
7. sound, scibda
8. smell, gandha
9. taste, rasa
10. touch, sprastavya
11. element with no manifestation, avijnapti-rupa
II. Mind, Citta
12. Mind, Citta
III. Concomitant Mental Faculties, Caitasika or Citta-samprayukta-samskara
A. General Functions, Mahabhumika
13. feeling, sensation, vedana
14. conception, idea, samjna
15. will, volition, cetana
16. touch, contact, sparsa
17. wish, chanda
18. intellect, mail
19. mindfulness, smrti
20. attention, manaskara
21. decision, abhimoksa
22. concentration, samadhi
B. General Functions of Good, Kusala-mahabhumika
23. faith, sraddha
24. energy, effort, virya
25. equanimity, upeksa
26. self respect, shame, hri
27. decorum, apatrapya
28. non-greediness, alobha
29. non-ill-will, advesa
30. non-violence, non-harm, ahimsa
31. confidence, prasrabdhi
32. exertion, apramada
C. General Functions of Defilement, KIesa mahabhumika
33. ignorance, moha
34. idleness, non-diligence, pramada
35. indolence, idleness vs. virya, kausidya
36. non-belief, asraddhya
37. low-mindedness, torpor, styana
38. high-mindedness, restlessness, dissipation, auddhatya
D. General Functions of Evil, Akusala-mahabhnmika
39. lack of self-respect, shamelessness, ahrikya
40. lack of decorum, anapatrapya
E. Minor Functions of Defilement, Upaklesa-bhnmika
41. anger, krodha
42. concealment, hypocrisy, mraksa
43. parsimony, matsarya
44. jealousy, envy, irsyci
4 5. affliction, prctdasa
46. violence, harm, vihimsa
47. enmity, breaking friend, upanaha
48. deceit, maya
49. fraudulence, perfidy, sathya
50. arrogance, mada
F. Indeterminate Functions, Aniyata-bhumika
51. repentance, kaukrtya
52. drowsiness, middha
53. reflection, vitarka
54. investigation, vicara
55. lust, covetousness, raga
56. hatred, pratigha
57. pride, manci
58. doubt, vicikitsa
IV. Elements Neither Substantial Forms Nor Mental Functions, Citta-viprayukta-samskara
59. acquisition, prapti
60. non-acquisition, aprapti
61. communionship [similarity], sabhagata
62. fruition in thoughtless heaven, asamjtiika
63. thoughtless ecstasy, asamjtiika-samapadi
64. annihilation trance, nirodha-samapatti
65. life, jivita
66. birth, jati
67. stability, sthiti
68. decay, jara
69. impermanence, anityata
70. name, nama-kaya
71. sentence, pada-kaya
72. letter, vyanjana-kaya
Non-Created Elements (Negative Becoming), Asamskrta-dharma (Dharmas 73-75)
73. space, akasa
74. extinction through intellectual power, pratisamkhya-nirodha
75. extinction due to lack of a productive cause, apratisamkhya- nirodha