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This article focuses on three passages of Vasubandhu’s “[Treatise] on the Five
Constituents of the Person” (Pañcaskandhaka) and its commentary by the 6th-century
Indian scholar Sthiramati, the Pañcaskandhakavibhāsā. The three parts dealt with here
comprise the sections on “feeling”, “ideation”, and “the unconditioned” and are compared
with parallel descriptions of these concepts in other Abhidharma texts, including the
Abhidharmakośabhāsya and the Abhidharmasamuccaya. The treatment of the unconditioned
factors is particularly notable since the lists of these factors vary strongly in the works
under discussion, ranging from three to nine entities. Among the unconditioned factors
the two entities “cessation [obtained through] consideration” (pratisamkhyānirodha) and
“cessation not [obtained through] consideration” (apratisamkhyānirodha) are of particular
interest and are analysed in detail in the present study.