The term ‘manifestation’, pātubhāva, is only found in 21 suttas.
By the way if I use the big search at the top of SC for the word, pātubhāva or pātubhāvo, I don’t get any suttas only the definition of the word. Is this a bug or a missing feature, or am I doing something wrong?
This seems to be an important teaching. The manifestation of anything material is suffering: ‘… and manifestation of form is the arising of suffering’ (sn26.10, and sn22.30). I just listened to a talk by Ven. Punnadhammo, which led me to search for ‘manifestation’. It is linked with the teaching of dependent origination, with the five khandhas, and with the first noble truth. In mn28, the Buddha explains the manifestation or non-manifestation of consciousness.
This formula is used in 8 suttas: “the arising, continuation, rebirth, and manifestation of …” [(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn26.2’), (1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn26.1’), (1, ‘sn22.30’), (1, ‘sn14.36’)]
About weighting the matches: The inverse document frequency (the IDF) of ‘manifestation’ is 5.2. For comparison, the IDF of ‘suffering’ is only 1.6, meaning the latter appears much more often in the suttas.
[‘manifestation’]
number of suttas: 21
[(6, ‘mn28’), (4, ‘sn14.36’), (4, ‘an3.3’), (3, ‘sn35.22’), (3, ‘sn35.21’), (3, ‘sn26.2’), (3, ‘sn26.10’), (3, ‘sn26.1’), (3, ‘sn22.30’), (2, ‘sn26.9’), (2, ‘mn129’), (1, ‘sn26.8’), (1, ‘sn26.7’), (1, ‘sn26.6’), (1, ‘sn26.5’), (1, ‘sn26.4’), (1, ‘sn26.3’), (1, ‘sn12.2’), (1, ‘mn9’), (1, ‘mn141’), (1, ‘dn22’)]
[‘manifestation of’]
number of suttas: 19
[(6, ‘mn28’), (4, ‘sn14.36’), (3, ‘sn35.22’), (3, ‘sn35.21’), (3, ‘sn26.2’), (3, ‘sn26.10’), (3, ‘sn26.1’), (3, ‘sn22.30’), (2, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn26.8’), (1, ‘sn26.7’), (1, ‘sn26.6’), (1, ‘sn26.5’), (1, ‘sn26.4’), (1, ‘sn26.3’), (1, ‘sn12.2’), (1, ‘mn9’), (1, ‘mn141’), (1, ‘dn22’)]
[‘manifestation of the’]
number of suttas: 9
[(6, ‘mn28’), (4, ‘sn14.36’), (2, ‘sn35.21’), (2, ‘sn26.1’), (1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn12.2’), (1, ‘mn9’), (1, ‘mn141’), (1, ‘dn22’)]
[‘manifestation of the corresponding’]
number of suttas: 1
[(6, ‘mn28’)]
[‘manifestation of the corresponding type’]
number of suttas: 1
[(6, ‘mn28’)]
[‘manifestation of the corresponding type of’]
number of suttas: 1
[(6, ‘mn28’)]
[‘manifestation of the corresponding type of consciousness’]
number of suttas: 1
[(6, ‘mn28’)]
[‘manifestation of the aggregates’]
number of suttas: 3
[(1, ‘sn12.2’), (1, ‘mn9’), (1, ‘mn141’)]
[‘manifestation of the ear’]
number of suttas: 4
[(1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn26.1’), (1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the earth’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the earth element’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the earth element is’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the earth element is the’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the earth element is the arising’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the earth element is the arising of’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the earth element is the arising of suffering’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the eye’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.1’)]
[‘manifestation of the eye is’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.1’)]
[‘manifestation of the eye is the’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.1’)]
[‘manifestation of the eye is the arising’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.1’)]
[‘manifestation of the eye is the arising of’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.1’)]
[‘manifestation of the eye is the arising of suffering’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.21’), (1, ‘sn26.1’)]
[‘manifestation of the air’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the air element’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the air element is’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the air element is the’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the air element is the arising’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the air element is the arising of’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the air element is the arising of suffering’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the fire’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the fire element’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the sets’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘dn22’)]
[‘manifestation of the sets of’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘dn22’)]
[‘manifestation of the sets of phenomena’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘dn22’)]
[‘manifestation of the water’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of the water element’]
number of suttas: 1
[(1, ‘sn14.36’)]
[‘manifestation of old’]
number of suttas: 14
[(2, ‘sn35.22’), (2, ‘sn35.21’), (2, ‘sn26.2’), (2, ‘sn26.10’), (2, ‘sn26.1’), (2, ‘sn22.30’), (2, ‘sn14.36’), (1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn26.8’), (1, ‘sn26.7’), (1, ‘sn26.6’), (1, ‘sn26.5’), (1, ‘sn26.4’), (1, ‘sn26.3’)]
[‘manifestation of old age’]
number of suttas: 14
[(2, ‘sn35.22’), (2, ‘sn35.21’), (2, ‘sn26.2’), (2, ‘sn26.10’), (2, ‘sn26.1’), (2, ‘sn22.30’), (2, ‘sn14.36’), (1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn26.8’), (1, ‘sn26.7’), (1, ‘sn26.6’), (1, ‘sn26.5’), (1, ‘sn26.4’), (1, ‘sn26.3’)]
[‘manifestation of old age and’]
number of suttas: 14
[(2, ‘sn35.22’), (2, ‘sn35.21’), (2, ‘sn26.2’), (2, ‘sn26.10’), (2, ‘sn26.1’), (2, ‘sn22.30’), (2, ‘sn14.36’), (1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn26.8’), (1, ‘sn26.7’), (1, ‘sn26.6’), (1, ‘sn26.5’), (1, ‘sn26.4’), (1, ‘sn26.3’)]
[‘manifestation of old age and death’]
number of suttas: 14
[(2, ‘sn35.22’), (2, ‘sn35.21’), (2, ‘sn26.2’), (2, ‘sn26.10’), (2, ‘sn26.1’), (2, ‘sn22.30’), (2, ‘sn14.36’), (1, ‘sn26.9’), (1, ‘sn26.8’), (1, ‘sn26.7’), (1, ‘sn26.6’), (1, ‘sn26.5’), (1, ‘sn26.4’), (1, ‘sn26.3’)]
[‘manifestation of feeling’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn22.30’)]
[‘manifestation of form’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn22.30’)]
[‘manifestation of form is’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn22.30’)]
[‘manifestation of form is the’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn22.30’)]
[‘manifestation of form is the arising’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn22.30’)]
[‘manifestation of form is the arising of’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn22.30’)]
[‘manifestation of form is the arising of suffering’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn26.10’), (1, ‘sn22.30’)]
[‘manifestation of sights’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn26.2’)]
[‘manifestation of sights is’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn26.2’)]
[‘manifestation of sights is the’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn26.2’)]
[‘manifestation of sights is the arising’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn26.2’)]
[‘manifestation of sights is the arising of’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn26.2’)]
[‘manifestation of sights is the arising of suffering’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn26.2’)]
[‘manifestation of sounds’]
number of suttas: 2
[(1, ‘sn35.22’), (1, ‘sn26.2’)]