Numerical Dhamma Lists

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 Disqualifications for Ordination (Cattāro Antarāyikā Dhammā (Pabbajjā))
• 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 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)

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

• The 15 Books of the Khuddaka Nikāya (Pannarasa Khuddakanikāyā)

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

• The 21 Types of Materiality (Derived Rūpa) (Upādā Rūpa)

22-fold Dhamma

• The 22 Spiritual and Physical Faculties (Bāvīsat'indriyāni)

24-fold Dhamma

• The 24 Conditional Relations of the Paṭṭhāna (Catuvisati Paccayā)
• The 24 Previous Buddhas (Buddhavaṃsa) (Catuvisati Buddhā)

25-fold Dhamma

• The 25 Beautiful Mental Factors (Sobhana Cetasikā)

28-fold Dhamma

• The 28 Types of Materiality (Aṭṭhavīsati Rūpāni)

31-fold Dhamma

• The 31 Realms of Existence (Ekatimsati Bhūmiyo)

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

• The 37 Factors of Awakening (Sattatiṃsa Bodhipakkhiyadhammā)

38-fold Dhamma

• The 38 Highest Blessings (Aṭṭhatiṃsa Maṅgalāni)

40-fold Dhamma

• The 40 Subjects of Meditation (Cattālīsa Kammaṭṭhānāni)
• The 40 Tooth-Relics of the Buddha (Cattālīsa Dantadhātuyo)

52-fold Dhamma

• The 52 Mental Factors (Dvepaññāsa Cetasikā)

62-fold Dhamma

• The 62 Wrong Views (Dvāsaṭṭhi Micchādiṭṭhiyo)

84000-fold Dhamma

• The 84,000 Dhammakkhandhas (Units of Teaching) (Caturasīti Dhammakkhandhasahassāni)