Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s3.8

v2.c75.s3.8

Advayavajra, who flourished in the 11th century, has not only a unique credit, in the opinion of Bhattacharya, the learned author of the 'Indian Buddhist Iconography', in throwing light on the distribution of the four principal schools of Buddhist philosophy namely Sarvāstivāda, (Sautrāntika), Vāhyārthabhaṅga (Vaibhāṣika), Vijñānavāda (Yogācāra) and Sūnyavāda (Mādhyamika) into the three Yānas of the Hīna, the Mahā and the Vajra, but also accredited to have composed a short treaties propounding the theory of Mahāsukha under the title, the Mahāsukhaprakāśa, a stanza from which not only characteristically explains the elements of the Doctrine but also gives the background of