Definition: In the Paṭṭhāna, paccaya names a condition or conditional relation by which dhammas stand in dependence on one another. The canonical book then lists twenty-four such paccayas and defines each in turn (Paṭṭh 2-59).
Stub: pilot. This page records the basic Abhidhamma canonical usage first; fuller expansion of the paccaya family belongs to later supporting-page work.
Related concepts
- hetu paccaya — the first named paccaya in the Paṭṭhāna list
- kamma paccaya — the paccaya definition that explicitly treats kamma as condition
- vipaka paccaya — the paccaya definition that explicitly treats resultant dhammas as condition
- ahara paccaya — the paccaya definition that explicitly treats nutriment as condition
- indriya paccaya — the paccaya definition that explicitly treats faculties as condition
- jhana paccaya — the paccaya definition that explicitly treats jhāna factors as condition
- magga paccaya — the paccaya definition that explicitly treats path factors as condition
- vipaka — result; one of the canonical paccaya relations is vipākapaccaya