In abhidhamma-pitaka, there are both plural and singular sankhara. You never study abhidhamma, directly, so you believe the distorted debate with a very bias view. You act like a politician who just try every way to discredit your opposite party without caring the fact, no proving, no evidence.
The commentary already described that the suttanta described dhamma individually, fit for each person to enlightenment//understand. However, the individual sutta also connect to the other suttas, too. So, abhidhamma just enumerate those suttas' contents follow the mātikā which often appear in those individual sutta.
Such as in paṭiccasamuppāda-vibhaṅga, that the suttanta-naya (1st section) are showing the complex paṭiccasamuppāda, such as in S.N. Nidānavagga Vibhaṅgasutta. This complex paṭiccasamuppāda often appear in many suttas. But in nidānavagga also have many sutta which taught the individual paṭiccasamuppāda, too, such as in S.N. Nidānavagga Bhūmijasutta and A.N. Tikanipāta Saṅkhārasutta.
So, saṅkhāra in abhidhammanaya describling follow A.N. Tikanipāta Saṅkhārasutta to enumerate suttantanaya for analysis. However, there are more property than that sutta follow the book name "vibhaṅga-analysis", "abhidhamma-the most specification dhamma", and follow abhidhamma-mātikā. So, sāriputta also connect paṭiccasamuppāda with many other suttas, too.
Therefore, the abhidhammanaya just enumerate paṭiccasamuppāda follow to those individual sutta, then use the singular saṅkhāra follow that each case, too.
So, we can conclude that both singular and pural saṅkhāra are appear in abhidhamma because both words appear in abhidhamma-piṭaka and we can found the singular saṅkhāra in sutta, also.
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Everything you want is already in the link I have given above. You can press "PaliRoman" button to switch to pāli modeby yourself. For the example:DooDoot wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:49 pmI think it is proper for you to provide the evidence. Instead of attacking others, like a politician, why don't you simply provide a direct quote from Abhidhamma showing sankhara used as "plural" when naming the 2nd condition of dependent origination. Thanks
Sorry. This is not good enough. Please show exactly where "sankhara" as the 2nd condition is a plural.theY wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:03 pmSuch as in paṭiccasamuppāda-vibhaṅga, that the suttanta-naya (1st section) are showing the complex paṭiccasamuppāda
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Abhidhamma Pitaka Vol 2 : Abhi. Vibhaṅgo
Paccayākāravibhaṅgo:
From above abhidhamma-pitaka link, you can found these both sentences:
Plural:
Singular:[255]Avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā
[274] Avijjāpaccayā saṅkhāro
TIPITAKA Volume 16 : PALI ROMANDooDoot wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:49 pmSorry. But this is not the correct way to have a discussion. To have a discussion, clear communication is required.theY wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:03 pmsuch as in S.N. Nidānavagga Vibhaṅgasutta. This complex paṭiccasamuppāda often appear in many suttas. But in nidānavagga also have many sutta which taught the individual paṭiccasamuppāda, too, such as in S.N. Nidānavagga Bhūmijasutta and A.N. Tikanipāta Saṅkhārasutta.
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So, we can conclude that both singular and pural saṅkhāra are appear in abhidhamma because both words appear in abhidhamma-piṭaka and we can found the singular saṅkhāra in sutta, also.
Sutta Pitaka Vol 8 : Sutta. Saṃ. Ni.
S.N. Nidānavagga Vibhaṅgasutta:
TIPITAKA Volume 16 : PALI ROMAN[16] Katame ca bhikkhave saṅkhārā (plural) tayome bhikkhave saṅkhārā
kāyasaṅkhāro (singular) vacīsaṅkhāro (singular) cittasaṅkhāro (singular) ime vuccanti bhikkhave
saṅkhārā.
Sutta Pitaka Vol 8 : Sutta. Saṃ. Ni.
S.N. Nidānavagga Bhūmijasutta:
Many results appear when searched a singular saṅkhāra "kāyasaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkharoti", "vacīsaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkharoti", "cittasaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkharoti" in tipitaka-pāli search engine.[83] Kāye vā hānanda sati kāyasañcetanāhetu (singular) uppajjati
ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ vācāyaṃ vā hānanda sati vacīsañcetanāhetu (singular)
uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ mane vā hānanda sati
manosañcetanāhetu (singular) uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . avijjāpaccayāva
sāmaṃ vā taṃ ānanda kāyasaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ 1- uppajjati
ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . pare vāyataṃ 2- ānanda kāyasaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti 3-
yaṃpaccayāyataṃ uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . sampajāno vā taṃ
ānanda kāyasaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ uppajjati ajjhattaṃ
sukhadukkhaṃ . asampajāno vā taṃ ānanda kāyasaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti
yaṃpaccayāyataṃ uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . sāmaṃ vā taṃ ānanda
vacīsaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ .
Pare vāyataṃ ānanda vacīsaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ
uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . sampajāno vā taṃ ānanda .pe.
Asampajāno vā taṃ ānanda vacīsaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ
uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . sāmaṃ vā taṃ ānanda manosaṅkhāraṃ
abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ uppajjati ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . pare
vāyataṃ ānanda manosaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ uppajjati
ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ . sampajāno vā taṃ ānanda .pe. asampajāno
vā taṃ ānanda manosaṅkhāraṃ (singular) abhisaṅkharoti yaṃpaccayāyataṃ uppajjati
ajjhattaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ. Imesu ānanda [1]- dhammesu avijjā anupatitā.