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intimator of the intention

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The wisdomlib says: > (bodily and verbal): s. Viññatti (“expression”). > > (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.). > > "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)?
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Mar 9, 2026, 06:09 PM
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