- The
Abhidharma are a
collection of
Buddhist texts dating from the 3rd
century BCE onwards,
which contain detailed scholastic presentations of doctrinal...
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century BCE). It was
particularly known as an
Abhidharma tradition, with a
unique set of
seven canonical Abhidharma texts. The Sarvāstivādins were one of the...
- doctrine. The
Abhidhamma Pitaka is one of
several surviving examples of
Abhidharma literature,
analytical and
philosophical texts that were
composed by several...
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known as "sutras", and
other texts, such as "shastras" (treatises) or "
Abhidharma".
These religious texts were
written in
different languages,
methods and...
- The
Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra (Sanskrit: अभिधर्म महाविभाष शास्त्र) is an
ancient Buddhist text. It is
thought to have been aut****d
around 150 CE....
- the
Treasury of
Abhidharma), Abhidharmakośa (Sanskrit: अभिधर्मकोश) for
short (or just Kośa or AKB), is a key text on the
Abhidharma written in Sanskrit...
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Buddhist monk and scholar. He was a
philosopher who
wrote commentary on the
Abhidharma, from the
perspectives of the
Sarvastivada and Sautrāntika schools. After...
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stated by the
commentator Yasomitra, they hold the sutras, but not the
Abhidharma commentaries (sastras), as authoritative. The
views of this
group first...
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elaborations and
disputes gave rise to
various early Buddhist schools of
Abhidharma, the Mahāyāna movement, and
scholastic traditions such as Prajñāpāramitā...
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Buddhist schools to have been
important in the
development of the
Buddhist Abhidharma. He
frequently appears in
Mahayana sutras, and in some sutras, is used...
