4.

2 The Role of Mtik in the Abhidhamma

Mtik is tabulated and classified in a systematization of doctrines in
the Abhidhamma, most of them derived from the early principle
teachings which have been scattered in many different Pali discourses
and further exhaustively analysis and synthesis with the Mtik.
Mtik means matrix or schedule of categories, The Role of Mtik in
the Abhidhamma for analysis, synthesis and systematization .In fact
the matrixes were established in early period for the purpose of
tabulation and classification in order to preserve and establish the
dhamma.
In Suttas mention those are excellent in the main topics of the
dhamma, called Mtikdhar, as for those who are skilful in dhamma
called dhammadhar, for those who were skilful of the vinaya called
vinayadhar. In Dhammasangani, Abhidhamma mtik consists of
122 modes of classification, 22 triads (tika) which are the
fundamental dhammas are to be distributed, 100 are dyads (duka)
used as a basis for classification. The second, Suttantamtik consists
42 dyads, it has the name most probably due to the sources and terms
can be traced back to Sutta Pit a ka, especially in D.N.33 Sangiti Sutta
and Aguttara Nikaya. They are of a miscellaneous nature and deal
more with dhamma relate to virtue (sila), concentration (samdhi) and
tenets or belief (dit t hi) than with nma and rpa as in the
Abhidhammamtik. It analyses the reality in terms of the variety of
relationships that hold between diverse constituents of reality. Some
examples of the triads and dyads which are similar with the
Suttas mention above such as:
The sets of three terms
Triad: The states those are wholesome, unwholesome, and
indeterminate;
Triad: The states associated with pleasant feeling, painful feeling, and
neutral feeling;
Triad: The states that are kamma results, productive of kamma results,
neither.

The sets of two terms

Dyads: The states that are roots, not roots;
Dyads:The states concomitant with roots, not so concomitant;
Dyads:The states that are conditioned, unconditioned;
Dyads: The states those are mundane, supra-mundane; and so forth.
4.3Two Complementary Method in Mtik
In order to manifest the nature of the dhammas, the Abhidhamma
resorts to two complementary methods: analysis (bheda) and
synthesis (sagaha). The analytical method dominates in the
Dhammasagan , here we find a complete catalogue of the dhammas,
each with a brief definition. The synthetical method is more
characteristic of the Pat t hna,we find an exhaustive catalogue of the
conditional relations of the dhammas. Analysis shows that the world
of experience is resolvable into a plurality of factors; synthesis shows
that these factors are not discrete entities existing in themselves but
inter-connected and inter-dependent nodes in a complex web of
relationships. DhammasaganI used the analytical method and
applied Mtik, showing the psychological ethical phenomena. In
Pahna
used the synthesis method and applied the Matika, showing

the phenomena are related and conditioned.