The wisdomlib says:
> (bodily and verbal): s. Viññatti (“expression”).
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> (lit. 'making known') 'intimation', is an Abhidhamma term for bodily
> expression (kāya-viññatti) and verbal expression (vacī-viññatti), both
> belonging to the corporeality-group. They are produced by the
> co-nascent volition, and are therefore, as such, purely physical and
> not to be confounded with karma (q.v.), which as such is something
> mental. Cf. Kath. 80, 100, 101, 103, 194 (s. Guide V). - (App.).
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> "One speaks of 'bodily expression', because it makes known an
> intention by means of bodily movement, and can itself be understood by
> the bodily movement which is said to be corporeal.
>
> " 'Verbal expression' is so called because it makes known an intention
> by means of a speech-produced noise" (Vis.M. XIV)
These two dhammas that reveal intention belong to Theravada's 24 dhammas list. I would probably declassify these, but what do you think, Theravada's notion of vinnatti (intimation)?
Asked by āḷasu bhikhārī
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Mar 9, 2026, 06:09 PM
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