[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t4.261 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.261 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.261 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.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. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.260) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.262) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4) ## Cites (7) - [Mahāyānasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.mahayanasamgraha) — Asaṅga, Sanskrit - [Ratnagotravibhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.ratnagotravibhaga) — Sāramati & Maitreyanātha, Sanskrit - [Abhidharmasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.abhidharmasamuccaya) — Asaṅga, Sanskrit - [Madhyāntavibhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.madhyantavibhaga) — Maitreyanātha, Sanskrit - [Dharmadharmatāvibhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.tengyur.sems_tsam.dharmadharmatavibhaga) — Maitreyanātha, Sanskrit - [Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.mahayanasutralankara) — Maitreyanātha & Asaṅga, Sanskrit - [Abhisamayālaṃkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.sastra.abhisamayalankara) — Maitreyanātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.261) · Pramāṇa