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But the commentary on the Bhâshya called Abhidharma-kośa-vyâkhyâ, or Sphuṭârtha, by Yásomitra has been preserved in Sanskrit in Nepal and frequently cites the verses as well as the Bhâshya in the original Sanskrit.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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An Anthology of Special Topics of Knowledge (mNgon-pa chos kun-las btus-pa, Skt. Abhidharma-samuccaya).
Major Indian Authors and Texts for Studying the Four Buddhist Tenet Systems 2006
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This view derives from the Chittamatra text An Anthology of Special Topics of Knowledge (Chos mngon-pa kun-las btus-pa, Skt: Abhidharma-samuccaya) by the third-century CE Indian master Asanga.
The Two Enlightenment-Building Networks (The Two Collections) 2004
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Abhidharma (mngon-par chos, mdzod), special topics of knowledge, covers the physical and mental constituents of limited beings, rebirth states, karma, disturbing emotions and attitudes, paths to liberation, and so on.
Overview of the Gelug Monastic Education System Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II 2003
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Sariputtra,11 to Maha-maudgalyayana,12 and to Ananda,13 and also topes (in honour) of the Abhidharma, the Vinaya, and the Sutras.
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Several Sastras are ascribed to him, and indeed the followers of the Abhidharma look on him as their founder.
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The Sramaneras19 mostly make their offerings to Rahula. 20 The professors of the Abhidharma make their offerings to it; those of the Vinaya to it.
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They have Prajnaparamita, Madhyamaka, Abhidharma, and all of the divisions that we find in the Buddhist texts.
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In Anthology of Special Topics of Knowledge (Chos mngon-pa kun-las btus-pa, Skt. Abhidharma-samuccaya), the third-century Indian master Asanga emphasizes concentrating only on a mental object.
Achieving Shamatha 2001
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As for "Hinduism and Buddhism hav [ing] no theology," as Dyson's Cook's tour continues, one can only marvel that his informants seem to have overlooked Shankara, Nagarjuna, and the Abhidharma.
Words and Things Smith, Huston 1998
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