Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t4.52

v2.c35.s3.t4.52

Besides these seven recognised texts of the Sarvāstivādin Abhidharmapiṭaka, there were a few other digests and commentaries dealing with the topics of the Abhidharma. The exhaustive commentary on the Jñānaprasthāna-sūtra was, of course, the Mahāvibhāṣā, compiled according to Paramārtha, by the Kātyāyaniputra himself with the assistance of Aśvaghoṣa of Sāketa. Among the digests, the most important work is Vasubandhu's *Abhidharmakośa*, which has got a bhāṣya written by Vasubandhu himself and a vyākhyā written by Yaśomitra. Then there are two other texts viz., *Abhidharma-nyāyānusāra* and *Abhidharma-samaya-pradīpikā*, attributed to Saṃghabhadra an opponent of Vasubandhu. Saṃghabhadra wrote these works to refute some of the theses of Vasubandhu, specially those which were in support of Sautrāntika views.