翻譯名義集 4.41

4.41

[Skandha] The correct pronunciation is pojiantu; this means "gathering of dharmas". Just as in the Eight Skandhas, dividing one work into eight gatherings, dharmas that follow one another by category are gathered into a section. 1. Action Skandha, explaining the three actions; 2. Anuśaya Skandha, explaining the hundred and eight afflictions; 3. Knowledge, explaining the ten knowledges; 4. Samādhi, explaining the eight samādhis; 5. Faculties, explaining the nature of faculties; 6. Great, explaining the four great elements; 7. Views, refuting the sixty-two views; 8. Miscellaneous, meaning Hīnayāna dharmas. The Da zhidu lun asks: "'Who composed the Eight Skandhas? From where did the Abhidharma in Six Sections emerge?' Answer: 'While the Buddha was in the world, there was no error. One hundred years after his nirvāṇa, King Aśoka assembled the treatise masters, and different schools arose. Those with sharp faculties read all three baskets of the canon, and wishing to explain the Buddha's scriptures, composed the Eight Skandhas. Later disciples, because later people could not fully understand, composed abridged Abhidharmas. The one who first composed it was Kātyāyana.'"