A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.296

v2.c19.s6.t4.296

⁴ The Sanskrit originals of these two treatises the Viṃśatikā with the author's commentary, and the Triṃśikā with Sthiramati's commentary, were discovered by S. *Lévi* and edited by him for the first time: Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi, deux traités de Vasubandhu, Viṃśatikā et Triṃśikā, Paris 1925 (Bibliothèque de l'École des hautes études, sc. hist. et phil. 245). The Viṃśatikā with the author's commentary has been translated into French from the Tibetan, by *La Vallée Poussin* (Le Muséon 1912, pp. 53-90). A good idea of the subject-matter of these two important philosophical treatises, is given by Surendra Nath Dasgupta in Ind. Hist. Qu. IV, 1928, p. 36 ff. There were as many as ten different commentaries on the Vijñapti-mātratā-triṃśat-kārikā in India; these were translated by Hsüan-Tsang, who afterwards melted them down to one work with Dharmapālas commentary Vijñapti-mātratā-siddhi-śāstra. Dharmapāla was the teacher of Hsüan-Tsang's teacher. *Cf.* H. *Ui*, The Vaiśeṣika Philosophy, London, OTF, 1917, p. 2, and L. *de La Vallée Poussin*, Vijñapti-Mātratāsiddhi, La Siddhi de Hiuan Tsang, Paris, 1928.