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Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera


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Abbhuta (Dhamma) Sutta

Abbhuta Sutta.– The Buddha teaches the marvellous and the path leading thereto. S.iv.371.

Abbhuta Dhamma.– Name given to one of the nine divisions (aṅga) of the Dhamma (Vin.iii.8; M.i.133; A.ii.103; Pug.43; Mil.344, etc.)

Buddhaghosa (DA.i.24) defines it as including all the passages treating of wonders, e.g. the four marvellous things described in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta. D.ii.145.

Abbhuta Dhamma Sutta.– Three Suttas on the marvel that when a Tathāgata teaches the Dhamma, folk give up their usual predispositions and listen to it. (A.ii.131 f )