{"product_id":"abhidharmakosa-bhasya-of-vasubandhu-4-vols-the-treasury-of-the-abhidharma-and-its-auto-commentary","title":"Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of Vasubandhu (4 Vols.): The Treasury of the Abhidharma and its (Auto) Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eVasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya (ca. 380-390), besides its culminating achievement in streamlining the overall structure of the exposition of the preceding Abhidharma manuals, is unmatched by any of the preceding manuals in respect of its comprehensiveness-incorporating all important Vaibhasika doctrines since the time of the Abhidharma-mahavibhasa-of its excellent skill in definition and elucidation, and of its ability to clarify the difficult point involved in doctrinal disputations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdded to these qualities is its great value as a brilliant critique and insightful revaluation of all the fundamental Sar-vastivada doctrines developed up to its time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince its appearance, it has been used as a standard textbook for the understanding of not only the Abhidharma doctrines but all the fundamental Buddhist doctrines in general.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslated into Chinese by Paramartha in 563 A.D. and by Hsuan-tsang in 651-654 A.D., Hsuan-tsang's disciple P'u-kuang tells us that in India the Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya was hailed as the 'Book of Intelligence'. In China, Japan and the Far-east, too, the Kosa has generally been highly treasured as a textbook of fundamental importance for Buddhist studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVasubandhu's brilliant critique of the doctrines of the Vaibhasika was answered by the equally brilliant Samghabhadra - a contemporary staunch defender and expounder of the doctrines of the Vaibhasikas - in his masterwork, the Abhidharmanyayanusara, now extant only in Hsuan-tsang's translation (653-654 A.D.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sanskrit text, considered for a long time to be irremediably lost, was discovered by Rahula Samkrtyayana in 1935 in the Tibetan monastery of Ngor and was published by P. Pradhan in 1967 (1st edition).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview(s)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author(s)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD PUBLICATION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51272752005418,"sku":"CRAZY-9788120836075","price":217.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1218\/4618\/files\/8120836073.jpg?v=1773920646","url":"https:\/\/crazyshelf.com\/products\/abhidharmakosa-bhasya-of-vasubandhu-4-vols-the-treasury-of-the-abhidharma-and-its-auto-commentary","provider":"Crazyshelf.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}