Patisambhidamagga

Patisambhidamagga - Path of Discrimination / Path of Analytical Discernment / Path of Analysis

The Patisambhidamagga has three divisions (vagga) composed of ten "chapters" (kathā) each, for a total of 30 chapters. Attributed to Sāriputta, it deals with the most important teachings of the Buddha analytically in the style of the Abhidhamma.

The three divisions are:

• Mahāvagga ("Great Division") - starts with an enumeration (mātikā) of 73 types of knowledge (ñāṇa) which are then elaborated upon in detail.

• Yuganandhavagga ("Coupling Division") - poses a series of questions.

• Paññāvagga ("Wisdom Division") - answers the prior division's questions.