Manual of Indian Buddhism c7.s8.34

c7.s8.34

Asaṅga, the great master of the Yogācāra, was originally an adherent of the semi-orthodox Mahiśāsakas, but became in course of time a convert to the Mahāyāna. He lived for a long time in a monastery near Oudh, and afterwards in Magadha, where he died in Rājagṛha¹. His chief work is a book on Yoga².