Abhidhamma / Abhidharma
शाब्दिक अर्थ (Shabdartha)
Higher teaching
व्युत्पत्ति एवं धातु मूल (Vyutpatti)
Pali 'abhi' (higher, further) + 'dhamma' (teaching): the third of the three divisions (Tipitaka) of the Pali Canon.
आध्यात्मिक भावार्थ व संदर्भ
Where the Buddha's discourses (Suttas) teach through narrative and dialogue, the Abhidhamma offers a systematic, analytical account of mind and matter, and is traditionally said to have first been taught to the gods in Tavatimsa heaven.