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One of the seven books of the Abhidhamma
Pitaka. It seems to have been designed as a supplement to the Dhammasangani, and
discusses, chiefly, the mental characteristics found in converted and earnest
persons. It is divided into fourteen sections and possesses a Commentary by
Buddhaghosa. Published by the P.T.S.
The Sarvāstvādins call the Dhātukathā
the Dhātukāyapada. There seems to have existed in Ceylon another work called the
Mahādhātukathā, claimed by the Vitandavādins as an Abhidhamma-work, but rejected
by the orthodox as uncanonical. DhSA.4.

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