Let's count the 1500 kilesas (defilements)

Dear Dhamma friends,
Let’s count kilesas, mental defilements. The translation is mine, so watch out for errors. :sun_with_face: Please, kindly help me understand the counting better, if there is anything I can improve.

There are six ways to count 1500 (thousand and five hundred) kilesas mentioned in Dhammasaṅgaṇī-Anuṭīkā - Nidānakathāvaṇṇanā, in Myanmar edition of Pāḷi Tipiṭaka it is Dhammasaṅgaṇī Anuṭīkā p. 19. Please, help me check whether I have understood the Pāḷi correctly and whether my counting is right.

Counting method A

“Atha vā tepaññāsa arūpadhammā, aṭṭhārasa rūparūpāni, ākāsadhātu, lakkhaṇarūpāni cāti pañcasattati dhammā ajjhattabahiddhābhedato paññāsasataṃ honti. Tattha ekekasmiṃ dasa dasa kilesātipi diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ.”

(1 citta + 52 cetasikas + 4 main elements + 5 sense-doors + 5 sense objects + bhava-hadaya-jīva-ojā + 0? ākāsadhātu + upacaya+santati+jaratā+aniccatā) = 75 * 2 (ajjhatta-bahiddha) * 10 defilements (lobha, dosa, moha, māna, diṭṭhi, vicikicchā, thinamiddha, uddhacca, ahirika, anottappa)
⟶ (1+52+4+5+5+4+4) * 2 * 10 = 1500

Counting method B

“Tathā ettha vedanaṃ sukhindriyādivasena pañcavidhaṃ katvā sattapaññāsa arūpadhammā, aṭṭhārasa rūparūpāni cāti pañcasattati vipassanūpagadhammā ajjhattabahiddhābhedato paññāsasataṃ honti. Etesu ekekasmiṃ dasa dasa kilesātipi diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ.”

(1 citta + 51 cetasikas + 5 vedanā + 18 nipphannarūpāni) = 75 * 2 (ajjhatta-bahiddha) * 10 defilements
⟶ (1+51+5+18) * 2 * 10 = 75 * 2 * 10 = 1500.

Counting method C

“Atha vā cuddasekantākusalā, pañcavīsati kusalābyākatasādhāraṇā, cuddasa kusalattikasādhāraṇā, upacayādidvayaṃ ekaṃ katvā sattavīsati rūpāni cāti ime asīti dhammā, imesu bhāvadvaye ekaṃ ṭhapetvā ajjhattikā ekūnāsīti, bāhirā ekūnāsītīti sabbepi aṭṭhapaññāsādhikaṃ sataṃ honti. Imesu ekekasmiṃ dasannaṃ dasannaṃ kilesānaṃ uppajjanato asītiadhikaṃ diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ honti.”

(14 ekantākusalā + 25 kusalābyākatasādhāraṇā + 14 kusalattikasādhāraṇā + 26 rūpa (including upacayādi dvayaṃ as one, bhāvadvaye as one)) * 2 ajjhatta-bahiddha * 10 kilesā
⟶ (14+25+14+26) * 2 * 10 = 79 * 2 * 10 = 1580.

Counting method D

“Aparo nayo – dvādasaakusalacittuppādesu paṭhame cha kilesā, dutiye satta, tatiye cha, catutthe satta, pañcame cha, chaṭṭhe satta, sattame cha, aṭṭhame satta, navame pañca, dasame cha, ekādasame pañca, dvādasame cattāroti sabbe dvāsattati, ime pañcadvārikā pañcasu rūpādīsu ārammaṇesu ekekasmiṃ dvāsattatīti saṭṭhiadhikāni tīṇi satāni, manodvārikā pana chasu ārammaṇesu ekekasmiṃ dvāsattati dvāsattatīti katvā dvattiṃsādhikāni cattāri satāni, sabbānipi dvānavutiadhikāni sattasatāni, tāni ajjhattabahiddhāvisayatāya caturāsītiadhikaṃ diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ hontīti veditabbaṃ.”

12 akusalacittuppāde (a. 6 kilesā, b. 7, c. 6, d. 7, e. 6, f. 7, g. 6, h. 7, i. 5, j. 6, k. 5, l. 4) = 72 * 5 rūpādi ārammaṇe [in the five sense-doors] = 360 PLUS (the 72 are further multiplied by 6 objects to account for the six objects in the mind sense-door) 6 * 72 = 432 ⇒ together 360 + 432 = 792, that is further multiplied by 2 ajjhatta-bahiddha ⇒ 1584.
⟶ ((72 * 5) + (72 * 6)) * 2 = (360+432) * 2 = 1584.

Counting method E

“Atha vā rūpārammaṇādīni pañca, avasesarūpavedanāsaññāsaṅkhāraviññāṇavasena pañca dhammārammaṇakā sesā cāti dasa, te ajjhattabahiddhābhedato vīsati, paññatti cāti ekavīsatiyā ārammaṇesu dvāsattati dvāsattati kilesāti dvādasādhikaṃ diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ honti.”

((5 sense-objects + 5 aggregates (dhammārammaṇā)) * 2 ajjhatta-bahiddha) + 1 paññatti = 21 ārammaṇa * 72 kilesā = 1512 (the text says that this counting is dvādasādhika, based on 12, i.e., based on 12 akusalacittuppādā, taking 72 as the base number like in method C)
⟶ (((5+5) * 2)+1) * 72 = 21 * 72 = 1512

Counting method F

“Atha vā dvādasasu akusalacittuppādesu paṭhame vīsati dhammā, dutiye dvāvīsati, tatiye vīsati, catutthe dvāvīsati, pañcame ekūnavīsati, chaṭṭhe ekūnavīsati, sattame ekūnavīsati, aṭṭhame ekavīsati, navame ekūnavīsati, dasame ekavīsati, ekādasame soḷasa, dvādasame soḷasāti sabbe akusaladhammā chattiṃsādhikāni dve satāni, ime chasu ārammaṇesu paccekaṃ chattiṃsādhikāni dve satāni, sabbe soḷasādhikāni cattāri satāni ca sahassaṃ hontīti evampi diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ veditabbaṃ.”

12 akusalacittuppādā (20 dhammā + 22 + 20 + 22 + 19 + 19 + 19 + 21 + 19 + 21 + 16 + 16) = 234 (but text says 236) akusaladhammā * 6 ārammaṇā = 1404 (or text counts 236 * 6 = 1416)
⟶ 234 * 6 = 1404 (or 236 * 6 = 1416)

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