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help| Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) are ancient (3rd century BCE and later) Buddhist works which contain detailed scholastic reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist Sutras, according to schematic classifications. The Abhidhamma works do not contain systematic philosophical treatises, but summaries or abstract and systematic lists. According to the Macmillan Encyclopedia... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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Abhidharma
Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) are ancient (3rd century BCE and later) Buddhist works which contain detailed scholastic reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist Sutras, according to schematic classifications. -
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Abhidharma Pitaka
One of the three divisions of the Tripitaka, or canon of Buddhist scriptures. In fact different schools of Buddhism use the term to refer to quite different collections of writings. -
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Abhidharma-kosa
Ancient translations of the Abhidharma-kośa were made into Chinese by Paramārtha (564-567 CE) and by Xuán Zàng (651-654 CE). -
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Buddhist texts
A Sarvastivada Abhidharma, composed in Sanskrit, survives in Chinese and Tibetan traditions. -
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Buddhism Article, 4 Sept. 2008
Following (or leading up to) the schisms, each Saṅgha started to accumulate an Abhidharma, a collection of philosophical texts and commentaries. -
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Buddhism and psychology
The third part (or pitaka, literally "basket") is known as the Abhidhamma (Pali; Skt. Abhidharma). -
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Mahavibhasa
Of these three, the Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa Śāstra is considered prominent. -
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Sarvastivada
In a Chinese context, the word abhidharma refers to the sarvastivada abhidharma, although Dharmaguptaka and Pudgalavada also had an abhidharma. -
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Tripiṭaka
According to some scholars, some early schools of Buddhism had no Abhidharma. -
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Vasubandhu
Abhidharma Kosha Bhashyam 4 vols, Vasubandhu, translated into English by Leo Pruden (based on Louis de la Vallée Poussin’s French translation), Asian Humanities Press, Berkeley, 1988-90.
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