Controversies on the Origin of the Theravada Abhidhamma-pitaka
Bhikkhu Karmananda Tanchangya
19 April 2013
Editor’s note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 6, December 2007. The Abhidhamma-pitaka is the third Basket (pitaka) of the Theravada Tipitaka. The Pali term ‘Abhidhamma’ has an ambiguous meaning,