འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.1.147
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines notes.1.147
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notes.1.147
147. In this case, mātṛkā (Tib. ma mo, Eng. “mother”) refers to the Abhidharmapiṭaka. In the Abhidharmapiṭaka, a mātṛkā is “seen not so much as a condensed summary, as the seed from which something grows,” (Gethin, 1992, 161). Though mātṛkā function as indices of important topics that are elaborated on in a given text, they may have played an important role in “birthing” further texts, hence the name, mātṛkā (see Clarke, 2004 and Hirakawa, 1990, chap. 10). “Retains” as in “remembers” (Kalyāṇamitra, folio 273.b.1).