Welcome to the Numerical Dhamma Lists. Here you will find structured, doctrinal lists from the Theravāda canonical texts and commentaries, organized by their numerical count.
2-fold Dhamma
The 2 Causes for the Arising of Right View
(Dve Paccayā Sammādiṭṭhiyā)
The 2 Chief Female Disciples
(Dve Aggasāvikā)
The 2 Chief Lay Female Supporters
(Dve Aggaupāsikā)
The 2 Chief Lay Male Supporters
(Dve Aggaupāsakā)
The 2 Chief Male Disciples
(Dve Aggasāvakā)
The 2 Components of a Living Being
(Nāmarūpa)
The 2 Destinies of a Wheel-Turning Monarch
(Dve Gatiyo)
The 2 Destructive Roots of Views
(Dve Diṭṭhiyo)
The 2 Extremes
(Dve Antā)
The 2 Guardians of the World
(Dve Lokapālā Dhammā)
The 2 Kinds of Karma
(Dve Kammāni)
The 2 People Rare in the World
(Dve Dullahā Puggalā)
The 2 Root Causes of Saṃsāra
(Dve Mūlāni)
The 2 Types of Development
(Dve Bhāvanā)
The 2 Types of Effort
(Dve Dhātuyo)
The 2 Types of Fools
(Dve Bālā)
The 2 Types of Gifts
(Dve Dānāni)
The 2 Types of Illness
(Dve Rogā)
The 2 Types of Meditation
(Dve Bhāvanā)
The 2 Types of Nibbāna
(Dve Nibbānadhātuyo)
The 2 Types of Noble Individuals
(Sekhā ca Asekhā ca)
The 2 Types of Truth
(Dve Saccāni)
The 2 Types of Wise People
(Dve Paṇḍitā)
The 2 Types of Worship / Homage
(Dve Pūjā)
The Dyad of Clingings
(Upādāna Duka)
The Dyad of Cognizable by Mind
(Kena-viññeyya Duka)
The Dyad of Conditioned and Unconditioned
(Sankhata Duka)
The Dyad of Fetters
(Saṃyojana Duka)
The Dyad of Floods
(Ogha Duka)
The Dyad of Hindrances
(Nīvaraṇa Duka)
The Dyad of Impinging and Non-Impinging
(Sappaṭigha Duka)
The Dyad of Knots
(Gantha Duka)
The Dyad of Material and Immaterial
(Rūpī Duka)
The Dyad of Mundane and Supramundane
(Lokiya Duka)
The Dyad of Root-Accompanied
(Sahetuka Duka)
The Dyad of Roots
(Hetu Duka)
The Dyad of Taints
(Āsava Duka)
The Dyad of Visible and Invisible
(Sanidassana Duka)
The Dyad of Yokes
(Yoga Duka)
3-fold Dhamma
The 3 Ascetic Practices Regarding Dwellings
(Tīṇi Senāsanaṅgāni)
The 3 Bases of Meritorious Action
(Tīṇi Puññakiriyavatthūni)
The 3 Baskets of the Canon
(Tipiṭaka)
The 3 Characteristics of Existence
(Tilakkhaṇa)
The 3 Defilements That Obscure the Mind
(Tayo Kilesā)
The 3 Divisions of the Vinaya Piṭaka
(Tīṇi Vinayapiṭakabhāgāni)
The 3 Fires / Stains
(Tayo Aggī)
The 3 Gateways to Liberation
(Tīṇi Vimokkhamukhāni)
The 3 Heavenly Messengers
(Tayo Devadūtā)
The 3 Higher Trainings
(Tisikkhā)
The 3 Palaces of Prince Siddhattha
(Tīṇi Prāsādāni)
The 3 Periods of the Dispensation
(Tīṇi Sāsanayugāni)
The 3 Realms of Existence
(Bhava)
The 3 Refuges
(Tisaraṇa)
The 3 Robes of a Monk (Ticīvara)
(Ticīvara)
The 3 Roots of Demerit
(Tīṇi Akusalamūlāni)
The 3 Roots of Unwholesome Action
(Akusala-mūla)
The 3 Roots of Wholesome Action
(Kusala-mūla)
The 3 Seasons of the Theravāda Calendar
(Tīṇi Utūni)
The 3 Types of Bad Conduct
(Tīṇi Duccaritāni)
The 3 Types of Bodhisatta Awakening
(Tayo Bodhisattā)
The 3 Types of Brahma Gods
(Tayo Brahmā)
The 3 Types of Conceit
(Māna)
The 3 Types of Craving
(Taṇhā)
The 3 Types of Feeling
(Vedanā)
The 3 Types of Full Understanding
(Tisso Pariññā)
The 3 Types of Full-Moon Uposatha Days
(Tīṇi Uposathāni)
The 3 Types of Good Conduct
(Tīṇi Sucaritāni)
The 3 Types of Kamma by Time of Ripening
(Tīṇi Kammāni (Pākakāla))
The 3 Types of Miracles
(Tīṇi Pāṭihāriyāni)
The 3 Types of Patients
(Tayo Gilānā)
The 3 Types of Persons (Rock, Earth, Water)
(Tayo Puggalā (Lekhūpamā))
The 3 Types of Pride / Infatuation
(Tayo Madā)
The 3 Types of Solitary Buddhas
(Tayo Paccekabuddhā)
The 3 Types of Teachers in the World
(Tayo Satthāro)
The 3 Types of Wisdom
(Tisso Paññā)
The 3 Unwholesome Thoughts
(Tayo Akusalavitakkā)
The 3 Ways of Correcting Another Monk
(Tīṇi Codanāvatthūni)
The 3 Wholesome Thoughts
(Tayo Kusalavitakkā)
The Triad of Accumulation and Eradication
(Acayagāmī Tika)
The Triad of Applied and Sustained Thought
(Vitakka Tika)
The Triad of Arisen, Not Arisen, Bound to Arise
(Uppanna Tika)
The Triad of Clung-to and Clinging
(Upādiṇṇa Tika)
The Triad of Corruptions
(Saṃkiliṭṭha Tika)
The Triad of Feelings
(Vedanā Tika)
The Triad of Inferior, Medium, Superior
(Hīna Tika)
The Triad of Internal and External
(Ajjhatta Tika)
The Triad of Internal/External Objects
(Ajjhattārammaṇa Tika)
The Triad of Joy, Pleasure, Equanimity
(Pīti Tika)
The Triad of Limited, Exalted, Immeasurable
(Paritta Tika)
The Triad of Objects
(Parittārammaṇa Tika)
The Triad of Past, Future, Present
(Atīta Tika)
The Triad of Past/Future/Present Objects
(Atītārammaṇa Tika)
The Triad of Path-Objects
(Maggārammaṇa Tika)
The Triad of Results
(Vipāka Tika)
The Triad of Roots Eradicated by Vision
(Dassanena Pahātabbahetuka Tika)
The Triad of Trainee, Non-Trainee, Neither
(Sekha Tika)
The Triad of Visible and Impinging
(Sanidassana Tika)
The Triad of Vision and Cultivation
(Dassana Tika)
The Triad of Wholesome, Unwholesome, Indeterminate
(Kusala Tika)
The Triad of Wrong and Right Destiny
(Micchattaniyata Tika)
4-fold Dhamma
The 3 Supreme Shrines
(tini Cetiyāni)
The 4 Analytical Knowledges
(Cattāro Paṭisambhidā)
The 4 Bases of Miraculous Power of the Buddha
(Cattāro Tathāgata-iddhipādā)
The 4 Bases of Spiritual Power
(Cattāro Iddhipādā)
The 4 Bases of Sympathy
(Cattāri Saṅgahavatthūni)
The 4 Conditions for Spiritual Progress
(Samparāyika-attha)
The 4 Conditions for Worldly Progress
(Diṭṭhadhammika-attha)
The 4 Continents of the World System
(Cattāro Dīpā)
The 4 Defeats for Monks
(Cattāro Pārājikā)
The 4 Divine Abodes
(Cattāro Brahmavihārā)
The 4 Fine-Material Absorptions
(Cattāro Rūpajhānā)
The 4 Floods
(Cattāro Oghā)
The 4 Formless Absorptions
(Cattāro Arūpajhānā)
The 4 Foundations of Mindfulness
(Cattāro Satipaṭṭhānā)
The 4 Fruits of Awakening
(Cattāri Phalāni)
The 4 Great Kings
(Cattāro Mahārājāno)
The 4 Guardian Meditations
(Caturārakkhā)
The 4 Intrepidities / Fearlessnesses
(Cattāri Vesārajjāni)
The 4 Kinds of Happiness for Householders
(Cattāri Sukhāni (Gihīnaṃ))
The 4 Kinds of Rebirth-Linking
(Paṭisandhicatukkaṃ )
The 4 Modes of Generation / Birth
(Catasso Yoniyo)
The 4 Noble Truths
(Cattāri Ariyasaccāni)
The 4 Nutriments
(Cattāro Āhārā)
The 4 Objects of Insight Meditation
(Cattāro Vipassanārammaṇā)
The 4 Paths of Awakening
(Cattāro Maggā)
The 4 Persons Existing in the World
(Cattāro Puggalā (Tamo/Joti))
The 4 Postures
(Cattāro Iriyāpathā)
The 4 Primary Elements
(Cattāri Mahābhūtāni)
The 4 Requisites of a Monastic
(Cattāro Paccayā)
The 4 Retinues of the Buddha
(Catasso Parisā)
The 4 Right Efforts
(Cattāro Sammappadhānā)
The 4 Sights Seen by the Bodhisatta
(Cattāri Nimittāni)
The 4 Stages of the Pāṭimokkha Confession
(Cattāro Āpattipaṭidesanā)
The 4 Taints / Corruptions
(Cattāro Āsavā)
The 4 Things Not to be Underestimated
(Cattāro Na Avajānātabbā)
The 4 Ties / Knots
(Cattāro Ganthā)
The 4 Torments of the Hell Realm
(Cattāro Nirayapālakavadhā)
The 4 Types of Clinging
(Cattāri Upādānāni)
The 4 Types of Concentration Development
(Cattāro Samādhibhāvanā)
The 4 Types of Fear in the Forest
(Cattāri Āraññikabhayāni)
The 4 Types of Kamma by Function
(Cattāri Kammāni (Kicca))
The 4 Types of Kamma by Priority of Ripening
(Cattāri Kammāni (Pākadānaṭṭhāna))
The 4 Types of Kamma by Result
(Cattāri Kammāni (Vipāka))
The 4 Types of Lay Offerings to Monastics
(Cattāro Paccayā)
The 4 Types of Legal Questions in the Saṅgha
(Cattāri Adhikaraṇāni)
The 4 Types of Preachers
(Cattāro Dhammakathikā)
The 4 Types of Saṅgha Acts
(Cattāri Saṅghakammāni)
The 4 Types of Speech to be Avoided by Monks
(Cattāri Vacīduccaritāni (Bhikkhu))
The 4 Types of Unwholesome Speech
(Cattāri Vacīduccaritāni)
The 4 Unconjecturables
(Cattāri Acinteyyāni)
The 4 Unwholesome Universal Mental Factors
(Sabbakusalasādhāraṇa Cetasikā)
The 4 Ways of Answering Questions
(Cattāni Pañhabyākaraṇāni)
The 4 Ways of Pacing the Alms Round
(Cattāro Piṇḍapātacārā)
The 4 Yokes
(Cattāro Yogā)
5-fold Dhamma
The 4 Kinds of Clinging-Aggregates
(Upādānakkhandhā)
The 5 Aggregates of Clinging
(Pañcupādānakkhandhā)
The 5 Ascetic Demands of Devadatta
(Pañca Vatthūni (Devadatta))
The 5 Ascetic Practices Regarding Food
(Pañca Piṇḍapātikaṅgāni)
The 5 Ascetic Practices Regarding Robes
(Cīvara-Nesajjikaṅgāni)
The 5 Benefits of Giving
(Pañca Dānānisaṃsā)
The 5 Benefits of Listening to the Dhamma
(Pañca Dhammassavānisaṃsā)
The 5 Benefits of Virtue
(Pañca Sīlānisaṃsā)
The 5 Bondages of the Mind
(Pañca Cetasovinibandhā)
The 5 Buddhas of the Fortunate Aeon
(Pañca Buddhā (Bhaddakappa))
The 5 Conditions for Validating a Killing Offense
(Pañca Pāṇātipātaṅgāni)
The 5 Conditions for Validating a Theft Offense
(Pañca Adinnādānaṅgāni)
The 5 Daily Recollections
(Pañca Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbāni)
The 5 Destinations of Rebirth
(Pañca Gatiyo)
The 5 Disappearances of the Dispensation
(Pañca Antaradhānāni)
The 5 Divisions of the Sutta Piṭaka (Nikāyas)
(Pañca Nikāyā)
The 5 Dreams of the Bodhisatta Before Awakening
(Pañca Mahāsupinā)
The 5 Factors for Successfully Teaching Dhamma
(Pañca Dhammadesanāṅgāni)
The 5 Factors of Proper Speech
(Pañca Vācāya Aṅgāni)
The 5 Factors of the Kaṭhina Ceremony
(Pañca Kaṭhinaṅgāni)
The 5 First Disciples
(Pañcavaggiyā Bhikkhū)
The 5 Forms of Wrong Livelihood for Laypeople
(Pañca Micchā Vāṇijjā)
The 5 Great Rivers of Jambudīpa
(Pañca Mahānadiyo)
The 5 Great Sacrifices / Noble Gifts
(Pañca Mahādānāni)
The 5 Heinous Crimes with Immediate Result
(Pañca Ānantariyakammāni)
The 5 Higher Fetters
(Pañca Uddhambhāgiya-saṃyojanāni)
The 5 Hindrances
(Pañca Nīvaraṇāni)
The 5 Kinds of Allowable Medicine
(Pañca Bhesajjāni)
The 5 Kinds of Joy / Rapture
(Pañcavidhā Pīti)
The 5 Lower Fetters
(Pañca Orambhāgiya-saṃyojanāni)
The 5 Marks of a Dying Deva
(Pañca Pubbanimittāni (Deva))
The 5 Mental Barrennesses
(Pañca Cetokhilā)
The 5 Precepts
(Pañcasīla)
The 5 Pure Abodes
(Pañca Suddhāvāsā)
The 5 Qualifications of a Preceptor
(Pañca Upajjhāyaṅgāni)
The 5 Qualities of a Forest Dweller
(Pañca Āraññikaṅgāni)
The 5 Qualities of an Active Striver
(Pañca Padhāniyaṅgāni)
The 5 Spiritual Faculties
(Pañcindriyāni)
The 5 Spiritual Powers
(Pañca Balāni)
The 5 Strands of Sensual Pleasure
(Pañca Kāmaguṇā)
The 5 Things to Establish Before Admonishing Another
(Pañca Codanādhammā)
The 5 Traits of a Monk Who Causes the Dhamma to Decline
(Pañca Sāsanaparihāniyaṅgāni)
The 5 Traits of a Monk Who Sustains the Dhamma
(Pañca Sāsanavuṭṭhiyaṅgāni)
The 5 Types of Samādhi
(Pañca Samādhayo)
The 5 Types of Stinginess
(Pañca Macchariyāni)
The 5 Ways to Remove Resentment
(Pañca Āghātapaṭivinayā)
6-fold Dhamma
The 6 Classes of Consciousness
(Cha Viññāṇakāyā)
The 6 Classes of Contact
(Cha Phassakāyā)
The 6 Classes of Craving
(Cha Taṇhākāyā)
The 6 Classes of Feeling
(Cha Vedanākāyā)
The 6 Classes of Perception
(Cha Saññākāyā)
The 6 Classes of Volition
(Cha Sañcetanākāyā)
The 6 Conditions for Stream-Entry
(Cha Sotāpattiyaṅgāni)
The 6 Direct / Higher Knowledges
(Cha Abhiññā)
The 6 Directions of Protection
(Cha Disā (Sigālovāda Sutta))
The 6 External Sense Bases
(Cha Bāhirāyatanāni)
The 6 Forms of Cordiality / Harmony
(Cha Sārāṇīyadhammā)
The 6 Heavens of the Sense Sphere
(Cha Kāmāvacara Devalokā)
The 6 Internal Sense Bases
(Cha Ajjhattikāyatanāni)
The 6 Kinds of Rebirth in the Lower Realms
(Cha Apāyagatiyo)
The 6 Occasional Mental Factors
(Pakiṇṇaka Cetasikā)
The 6 Qualities of a Resident Monk
(Cha Āvāsikabhikkhu-guṇā)
The 6 Roots of Dispute
(Cha Vivādamūlāni)
The 6 Types of Carita / Temperament
(Cha Caritāni)
The 6 Types of Disrespect
(Cha Agāravā)
The 6 Unsurpassed Experiences
(Cha Anuttariyāni)
7-fold Dhamma
The 7 Books of the Abhidhamma
(Sattappakaraṇa (Abhidhamma Piṭaka))
The 7 Conditions of Non-Decline for a Nation
(Satta Aparihāniyadhammā)
The 7 Factors of Awakening
(Satta Bojjhaṅgā)
The 7 Great Lakes of the Himalayas
(Satta Mahāsarā)
The 7 Kinds of Offerings to the Saṅgha
(Satta Saṅghagatā Dakkhiṇā)
The 7 Latent Tendencies
(Satta Anusayā)
The 7 Methods for Settling Disputes
(Satta Adhikaraṇasamathā)
The 7 Noble Treasures
(Satta Ariyadhanāni)
The 7 Stages of Purification
(Satta Visuddhiyo)
The 7 Suitable Things for a Meditator
(Satta Sappāyāni)
The 7 Traits of a True Friend
(Satta Kalyāṇamittassa Aṅgāni)
The 7 Types of Wives
(Sattabhariyā)
The 7 Universal Mental Factors
(Sabbacittasādhāraṇa Cetasikā)
The 7 Vows of Sakka
(Satta Vatapadāni)
The 7 Weeks Spent Near the Bodhi Tree
(Satta Sattāhāni)
8-fold Dhamma
The 8 Bases of Arousing Energy
(Aṭṭha Ārambhavatthūni)
The 8 Bases of Giving
(Aṭṭha Dānavatthūni)
The 8 Bases of Laziness
(Aṭṭha Kusītavatthūni)
The 8 Conditions for the Arising of Wisdom
(Aṭṭha Paññāvuṭṭhi)
The 8 Great Victories of the Buddha
(Aṭṭha Jayamaṅgala)
The 8 Heavy Rules for Nuns
(Aṭṭha Garudhammā)
The 8 Kinds of Wholesome Sense-Sphere Consciousness
(Aṭṭha Mahākusala Cittāni)
The 8 Liberations
(Aṭṭha Vimokkhā)
The 8 Requisites of a Monk
(Aṭṭha Parikkhārā)
The 8 Stations of Mastery
(Aṭṭha Abhibhāyatanāni)
The 8 Things That Overcome a Monk's Mind
(Aṭṭha Pariyyādānāni)
The 8 Types of Alms Resort (Gocara)
(Aṭṭha Gocarā)
The 8 Types of Noble Persons
(Aṭṭha Ariyapuggalā)
The 8 Types of Stupas Built Over the Buddha's Relics
(Aṭṭha Sarīrathūpā)
The 8 Uposatha Precepts
(Aṭṭhaṅgasīla)
The 8 Worldly Winds
(Aṭṭha Lokadhammā)
The Noble 8-Fold Path
(Ariyaṭṭhaṅgika Magga)
9-fold Dhamma
The 9 Abodes of Beings
(Nava Sattāvāsā)
The 9 Ascetic Qualities / Protections
(Nava Nāthakaraṇadhammā)
The 9 Factors of a Perfect Uposatha
(Navāṅguposatha)
The 9 Grounds for Malice / Resentment
(Nava Āghātavatthūni)
The 9 Successive Meditative Attainments
(Nava Anupubbavihārā)
The 9 Supreme Qualities of the Buddha
(Nava Buddhaguṇā)
The 9 Supreme Qualities of the Saṅgha
(Nava Saṅghaguṇā)
The 9 Types of Form-Sphere Consciousness
(Nava Rūpāvacara Cittāni)
10-fold Dhamma
The 10 Bases of Meritorious Action
(Dasa Puññakiriyavatthūni)
The 10 Corruptions of Insight
(Dasa Upakkilesā)
The 10 Fetters Binding Beings to Saṃsāra
(Dasa Saṃyojanāni)
The 10 Foulnesses / Corpse Contemplations
(Dasa Asubhā)
The 10 Kasinas / Totalities for Meditation
(Dasa Kasiṇā)
The 10 Kinds of Lawful Discourse
(Dasa Kathāvatthūni)
The 10 Perceptions
(Daśa Saññā)
The 10 Perfections of a Bodhisatta
(Dasa Pāramī)
The 10 Powers of a Tathāgata
(Tathāgatabala)
The 10 Powers of a Trainee
(Dasa Sekhabalāni)
The 10 Precepts for Novices
(Dasasīla)
The 10 Questions for a Novice
(Kumārapañha)
The 10 Recollections
(Dasa Anussatiyo)
The 10 Reflections for One Gone Forth
(Dasadhamma)
The 10 Subjects for Frequent Recollection by Monastics
(Dasadhamma)
The 10 Unwholesome Courses of Action
(Dasa Akusala Kammapathā)
The 10 Wholesome Courses of Action
(Dasa Kusala Kammapathā)
11-fold Dhamma
The 11 Benefits of Practicing Loving-Kindness
(Ekādasa Mettānisaṃsā)
The 11 Duties of a Novice (Vatta)
(Ekādasa Sāmaṇeravattāni)
12-fold Dhamma
The 12 Links of Dependent Origination
(Dvādasa Paṭiccasamuppāda)
The 12 Types of Unwholesome Consciousness
(Dvādasa Akusala Cittāni)
13-fold Dhamma
The 13 Ascetic Practices
(Terasadhutaṅgāni)
The 13 Offenses Requiring Formal Meetings
(Terasasaṅghādisesā)
The 13 Questions on Obstructive Conditions for Ordination
(Antarāyikā Dhammā (Upasampadā))
14-fold Dhamma
The 14 Duties of a Bhikkhu (Khandhaka Vatta)
(Cuddasa Khandhakavattāni)
The 14 Functions of Consciousness
(Cuddasa Viññāṇakiccāni)
The 14 Specific Buddha-Knowledges
(Cuddasa Buddhañāṇāni)
The 14 Unwholesome Mental Factors
(Akusala Cetasikā)
15-fold Dhamma
16-fold Dhamma
The 16 Knowledges of Insight
(Soḷasa Vipassanāñāṇāni)
The 16 Stages of Mindfulness of Breathing
(Soḷasavatthuka Ānāpānasati)
18-fold Dhamma
The 18 Elements of Reality
(Aṭṭhārasa Dhātuyo)
The 18 Root Causes of Craving
(Aṭṭhārasa Taṇhāvicaritāni)
The 18 Types of Rootless Consciousness
(Aṭṭhārasa Ahetuka Cittāni)
21-fold Dhamma
22-fold Dhamma
24-fold Dhamma
The 24 Conditional Relations of the Paṭṭhāna
(Catuvisati Paccayā)
The 24 Previous Buddhas (Buddhavaṃsa)
(Catuvisati Buddhā)
25-fold Dhamma
28-fold Dhamma
31-fold Dhamma
32-fold Dhamma
The 32 Marks of a Cakkavatti
(Dvattiṃsa Lakkhaṇāni (Cakkavatti))
The 32 Marks of a Great Man
(Dvattiṃsa Mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni)
The 32 Parts of the Body
(Dvattiṃsākāra)
37-fold Dhamma
38-fold Dhamma
40-fold Dhamma
The 40 Subjects of Meditation
(Cattālīsa Kammaṭṭhānāni)
The 40 Tooth-Relics of the Buddha
(Cattālīsa Dantadhātuyo)