A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.266

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¹ Asanga, Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṃkāra, Exposé de la doctrine du grand vehicule selon le système Yogācāra, Édité et traduit par Sylvain *Lévi*, t. II (Bibliothèque de l'École des hautes études, t. 159, 190), Paris 1907, 1911. On the style and contents of the work, cf. St. *Schayer* in ZII 2, 1923, 99 ff. H. *Ui* (ZII 6, 1928, 215 ff.) has made it seem very probable that Maitreyanātha, and not Asaṅga, was the author of the Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṃkāra; even previously, Haraprasāda Śāstrī (Ind. Hist. Qu. I, 1925, 465 f.) had declared Maitreyanātha to be the founder of the Yogācāra school, and placed him between 150 and 265 A.D. In the work itself Asaṅga is not mentioned as the author, but it is described as being "proclaimed by the Bodhisattva Vyavadātasamaya ('Purifier of the doctrine'). This might be an epithet of Asaṅga just as well as of Maitreyanātha. According to S. *Lévi*, both the Kārikās and the commentary are the work of Asaṅga. H. *Ui* (l.c., 220 ff.) shows that Vasubandhu is the author of the commentary.