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© Buddhist Publication Society 1965, 1998

First edition 1949 (Frewin & Co. Ltd., Colombo)

Second edition, revised and enlarged 1965 (BPS)

Third edition 1976, 1985 (BPS)

Fourth revised and enlarged 1998 (Wisdom)

Fifth edition 2010

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nyanaponika, Thera, 1901–1994

Abhidhamma studies : Buddhist explorations of consciousness and time / Nyanaponika Thera ; edited with an introduction by Bhikkhu Bodhi.

p. cm.

Originally published: Colombo : Frewin, 1949.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-86171-135-1 (alk. paper)

1. Abhidharma. 2. Tipiṭaka. Abhidhammapiṭaka. Dhammasaṅgaṇi—

Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title.

BQ4195.N92 1998

294.3’824—dc21

97-38780

ISBN 978-0-86171-135-2

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