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Abhidharma topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Doctrine and Mahāyāna Abhidharma as prominent areas in the source structure around Abhidharma. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics: 206
Source areas: 9
Connected nodes: 221
Extracted relationships: 209
Related term clusters: 46
Bridge connections: 221

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 68 topics

Doctrine · 45 topics

Mahāyāna Abhidharma · 27 topics

Theravāda Abhidhamma · 15 topics

Origin and history · 11 topics

Tattvasiddhi Śāstra · 11 topics

Definition · 10 topics

Other Abhidharma traditions · 10 topics

Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma · 10 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Bengali: অভিধর্ম্ম ôbhidhôrmmô
Burmese: အဘိဓမ္မာ (MLCTS: əbḭdəmà)
Chinese: 阿毗達磨(T) / 阿毗达磨(S) (Pinyin: āpídámó)
English: higher teaching, meta-teaching, about dharmas [phenomena]
Japanese: 阿毘達磨 (Rōmaji: abidatsuma)
Khmer: អភិធម្ម (UNGEGN: âphĭthômm)

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Abhidharma

3Sarvastivada · Theravada · Vaibhāṣika

3Atthakatha · Shastra · Bhikkhu

3Sarvāstivāda · Vaibhashika · Sautrantika

3Five aggregates · Ātman (Buddhism) · Jiva

3Mādhyamaka · Yogācāra · Mahāyāna

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Overview

Definition

Origin and history

Theravāda Abhidhamma

Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma

Other Abhidharma traditions

Tattvasiddhi Śāstra

Sources

For the semantics nerds

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Abhidharma connects Entity context

The extracted context around Abhidharma shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Abhidharma → Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa, According, Aṣṭagrantha, Aṣṭaskandha, Bactria, East Asian Buddhism, Foundation, Frauwallner, Gandhara, Great Commentary, Indian Abhidharma, Jñānaprasthāna, Kashmir, Kasmiri Sarvāstivāda Orthodoxy, Knowledge, Kushan Empire, Kātyāyanīputra, Like, North India, Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma Pitaka Another extracted example is Abhidharma → According, BCE, Bhikkhu Anālayo, Buddha, Buddhist, Buddhist Canon, Dharma, Dharmaguptaka, Gautama Buddha, Mahāgopālaka-sutta, Mahākāśyapa, Mahāsāṅghika Vinaya, Mahīśāsaka, Modern, Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya, Peter Skilling, Sanskrit, Sarvāstivāda Vinayas, Sūtra Piṭaka, The Vinaya. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma · 26

Abhidharma → Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa, According, Aṣṭagrantha, Aṣṭaskandha, Bactria, East Asian Buddhism, Foundation, Frauwallner, Gandhara, Great Commentary, Indian Abhidharma, Jñānaprasthāna, Kashmir, Kasmiri Sarvāstivāda Orthodoxy, Knowledge, Kushan Empire, Kātyāyanīputra, Like, North India, Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma Pitaka

related to Modern scholarship · 24

Abhidharma → According, BCE, Bhikkhu Anālayo, Buddha, Buddhist, Buddhist Canon, Dharma, Dharmaguptaka, Gautama Buddha, Mahāgopālaka-sutta, Mahākāśyapa, Mahāsāṅghika Vinaya, Mahīśāsaka, Modern, Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya, Peter Skilling, Sanskrit, Sarvāstivāda Vinayas, Sūtra Piṭaka, The Vinaya

related to Tattvasiddhi Śāstra · 24

Abhidharma → Bahuśrutīya, Buddhism, CE, China, Chinese, Chinese Buddhism, Chinese Buddhist, Chéngshí, Chéngshílun, Harivarman, Hīnayāna, Ian Charles Harris, India, Joseph Walser, Mahāsāṃghika Bahuśrutīya, Mahāyāna, Mādhyamaka, Nan Huai-Chin, Paramārtha, Sautrāntika

related to Theravāda Abhidhamma · 19

Abhidharma → Abhidhamma, Abhidhamma Piṭaka, BCE, Due, English, Khuddaka Nikāya, Minor Collection, Nettipakaraṇa, Pali, Paṭisambhidāmagga, Peṭakopadesa, Pāli Canon, Pāli Text Society, Sanskrit, The Abhidhamma Piṭaka, Theravāda, Theravāda Tipiṭaka, Tipitaka, Tripiṭaka

related to Mahāyāna Abhidharma · 15

Abhidharma → Another, Asanga, Buddha, Dharmapāla, Hsüan-tsang, Mahāyāna, Mahāyāna Abhidharma, Mahāyāna Yogācāra, Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma, Sthiramati, This Yogācāra Abhidharma, Vasubandhu, Vinītadeva, Xuanzang, Yogācāra Abhidharmikas

related to Other Abhidharma traditions · 15

Abhidharma → Afghanistan, Bamiyan, Chinese, Dharmaguptaka, Lùn, Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda, MS, Pudgalavada, Sammatiyanikayasastra, Sanskrit, Schøyen Collection, Several Pudgalavada Abhidharma, Shèlìfú, Taisho, Traidharmakasastra

related to Definition · 14

Abhidharma → According, Buddha, Buddhist, Collett Cox, Compared, Doctrine, Erich Frauwallner, Gautama Buddha, Indian, Lamotte, Sarvāstivādin Abhidharmikas, The Belgian Indologist, The Theravādin, Western

related to Svabhāva · 11

Abhidharma → According, Asl, Buddhist, Dharmas, Pali, Peter Harvey, Sarvastivada Mahavibhasa, The Abhidharmakośabhāṣya, The Abhidharmikas, Theravadin, Theravādin

related to Traditional views · 11

Abhidharma → Abhidhamma, According, Bodhi, Buddha, Gautama Buddha's, Kathavatthu, Māyā, Sariputta, The Theravada, Theravāda, Trāyastriṃśa

related to Prajñāpāramitā texts · 9

Abhidharma → Abhidharmikas, According, Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā, Conze, Edward Conze, Johannes Bronkhorst, Prajñāpāramitā, The Prajñāpāramitā, Thus

Important terminology

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Important terminology

buddhist texts also abhidhamma school according schools various canonical dharmas lists sarvāstivāda different later doctrine tradition chinese held century doctrinal

Abhidharma relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 209 structured relationships around Abhidharma. Examples in this analysis include Abhidharma → Bengali → অভিধর্ম্ম ôbhidhôrmmô and Abhidharma → Burmese → အဘိဓမ္မာ (MLCTS: əbḭdəmà). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Abhidharma	Bengali	অভিধর্ম্ম ôbhidhôrmmô	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Burmese	အဘိဓမ္မာ (MLCTS: əbḭdəmà)	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Chinese	阿毗達磨(T) / 阿毗达磨(S) (Pinyin: āpídámó)	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	English	higher teaching, meta-teaching, about dharmas [phenomena]	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Japanese	阿毘達磨 (Rōmaji: abidatsuma)	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Khmer	អភិធម្ម (UNGEGN: âphĭthômm)	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Korean	아비달마 阿毗達磨 (RR: abidalma)	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Mongolian	Авидарма	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Pali	Abhidhamma	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Sanskrit	अभिधर्मः	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Sinhala	අභිධර්මය (abhidharmaya)	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Tagalog	ᜀᜊᜒᜇᜍ᜕ᜋ abidarma	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Thai	อภิธรรม (RTGS: aphitham)	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Tibetan	ཆོས་མངོན་པ་མཛོད།	1.00	infobox
Abhidharma	Vietnamese	阿毗達磨 A-tì-đạt-ma 阿毗達磨 Vi Diệu Pháp	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Abhidharma bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Texts, Buddhist and Canonical. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

early buddhism
- Lists
- Doctrinal
- Various
- Chinese
- Texts
- Text
- Different
- School
- Schools
- Found
- Mahāyāna
- One
Abhidharma
- Texts
- Buddhist
- Canonical
- Also
- According
- Works
- Mahāyāna
- Sarvāstivāda
- Different
- Buddha
- Later
- Chinese
abhidharma
- Texts
- Buddhist
- Canonical
- Also
- According
- Works
- Mahāyāna
- Sarvāstivāda
- Different
- Buddha
- Later
- Chinese
foundational buddhist canons
- Schools
- Texts
- Doctrine
- Different
- Various
- Canonical
- Lists
- Philosophy
- Time
- Later
- According
- Developed
abhidhamma piṭaka
- Pali
- Theory
- Century
- Theravada
- Also
- Dhammas
- Text
- Texts
- Tradition
- Lists
- Buddhist
- Philosophy
early buddhist schools
- Different
- Lists
- Schools
- Doctrinal
- Various
- Texts
- Doctrine
- School
- Found
- View
- Canonical
- Philosophy
buddhist doctrine
- Schools
- Texts
- Doctrine
- Lists
- Different
- Doctrinal
- Various
- Canonical
- Philosophy
- Time
- Bhikkhu
- View
buddhist studies
- Schools
- Texts
- Doctrine
- Different
- Various
- Canonical
- Lists
- Philosophy
- Time
- Later
- According
- Developed

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Abhidharma, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Abhidharma with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Abhidharma — Overview · splits 153 ⟂ 69

Abhidharma — Doctrine · splits 176 ⟂ 46

Abhidharma — Mahāyāna Abhidharma · splits 194 ⟂ 28

Abhidharma — Theravāda Abhidhamma · splits 206 ⟂ 16

Abhidharma — Origin and history · splits 210 ⟂ 12

Abhidharma — Tattvasiddhi Śāstra · splits 210 ⟂ 12

Abhidharma — Definition · splits 211 ⟂ 11

Abhidharma — Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma · splits 211 ⟂ 11

Abhidharma — Other Abhidharma traditions · splits 211 ⟂ 11

Abhidharma — Sources · splits 217 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Abhidharma

Nodes222

Edges221

Triples209

Avg. degree1.99

Density0.009009

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Abhidharma to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Doctrine & Mahāyāna Abhidharma, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Abhidharma · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

Abhidharma: History, Doctrine & Mahāyāna Abhidharma

Abhidharma topic overview

What this topic covers Research coverage

Key facts & relationships

Start with your topic. Discover where to go next.

Questions to explore

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Overview

Definition

Origin and history

Doctrine

Theravāda Abhidhamma

Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma

Other Abhidharma traditions

Tattvasiddhi Śāstra

Mahāyāna Abhidharma

Sources

For the semantics nerds

Advanced semantic analysis

How Abhidharma connects Entity context

Abhidharma

Top relations

Important terminology

Important terminology

Abhidharma relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

Map overview Semantic statistics

Abhidharma

Source & methodology