Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.s3.107

v2.c33.s3.107

The M. now enter into the problem of *paccayas*. There are twenty-four kinds of *paccayas*, viz., *hetu*, *ārammaṇa*, *adhipati*, *sahajāta*, *anantara*, etc.² They raise the question whether one object can be placed under two or more kinds of *paccayas* of another object, or one can be related to another by one relation only. The Th. hold that one object may be two kinds of *paccayas*, e.g., *viriya* may be both *adhipati* and *sahajāta*; *vīmaṃsā* may be both *hetu* and *adhipati*. The M. do not subscribe to this view.