Dhatukatha

The Dhatukatha (dhātukathā) is the third book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka of the Pali Canon.

This book reviews the concepts from the two preceding abhidhamma books, the Dhammasangani and Vibhanga. It is in the form of questions and answers, grouped into 14 chapters by form. Thus the first chapter asks of each item covered, "In how many aggregates, bases and elements is it included?" Later chapters progress to more complex questions like "From how many aggregates etc. are the dhammas dissociated from the dhammas associated with it dissociated?"

Translation

There are two versions of the translation by U Narada:

• Dhātukathā, SuttaCentral, translation by U Narada
• Discourse on Elements, tr U Narada, 1962, Pali Text Society[1], Bristol