Pāli Dictionary

kathāvatthu1

kathāprefixvatthustem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • topic of conversation; subject of discussion

  • AN 10.69

    appicchakathā, santuṭṭhikathā, pavivekakathā, asaṃsaggakathā, vīriy'ārambhakathā, sīlakathā, samādhikathā, paññākathā, vimuttikathā, vimuttiñāṇadassanakathā'ti, imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa kathāvatthūni.

  • MN 56

    itiha bhagavā dīghatapassiṃ nigaṇṭhaṃ imasmiṃ kathāvatthusmiṃ yāvatatiyakaṃ patiṭṭhāpesi.

  • the occasion or reason for a discourse

kathāvatthu2

kathāprefixvatthustem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

doctrine

  • Kathāvatthu, ‘Points of Controversy’, the fifth book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka

Encyclopedia

Kathāvatthu
Other

  • The fifth of the seven books of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, a collection of doctrinal debates traditionally ascribed to Moggaliputta Tissa at the Third Council under Asoka.

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