mātṛkā (11965)

mātṛkā
Entry 11965, Page 428, Col. 2

(mAtfkA, mAtfkA)
mātṛkā¦ (= Pali mātikā), (1) a name for the Abhi- dharma(piṭaka): °kādhītā Divy 18.6; sūtrasya vinayasya °kāyāḥ 18.15; sūtraṃ mātṛkā ca 333.7; MSV iii.122.4 °kā-dharo; Prāt 520.13; (2) (see also Bodhisattva- (sūtra-)-piṭaka-mātṛkā) summary, condensed statement of contents; the Abhidharma probably professed originally to be a summary of the main points of certain aspects of the Dharma (see CPD s.v. abhidhamma): Bbh 210.10; 274.21; (prob.) 303.25; aṣṭau mātṛkā-padāni MSV ii.161.14, eight summary points.

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