A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.261

v2.c19.s6.t4.261

³ The Tibetan Bu-ston, in his "History of Religion," ascribes 5 Śāstras to Maitreya: (1) Sūtrālaṃkāra in 7 chapters, (2) Madhyānta-Vibhaṅga, (3) Dharma-Dharmatā-Vibhaṅga, (4) Mahāyāna-Uttaratantra-Śāstra, and (5) Abhisamayālaṃkāra-Kārikā. He ascribes to Asaṅga the three works Pañcabhūmi, Abhidharma-Samuccaya and Mahāyāna-Saṃgraha; s. Stcherbatsky in Le Muséon, N.S., VI, 1905, 144 f. In the Chinese Tripiṭaka a whole series of works is ascribed to Maitreya, s. *Nanjio*, col. 368. It is true that the tradition that Asaṅga received the revelation from Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven, was already taken to China by Paramārtha (499-569), and was believed by Dharmapāla (528-560), Prabhākaramitra (630-632), who translated the Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṃkāra-Śāstra into Chinese, as well as by Hsüan-Tsang and I-tsing. However, see below, p. 354, note 1.