The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v7.c63.2

v7.c63.2

This summary is based on the following materials:
(1) Ryogen Fukuhara’s Japanese itemization of the subjects treated in the *Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣāśāstra*, selectively rendered by Shohei Ichimura into English; (2) translations of selected passages from Louis de la Vallée Poussin’s French, and by Robert Buswell and Collett Cox into English; (3) a partial summary of the opening portion by Kosho Kawamura. The work is available in Chinese translations, numbered as T.1545, T.1546 and T.1547. The present version is based on Taisho 1545. Some of the passages provided further treatment on the basis of the translations of Poussin, Buswell and Cox are culled from versions other than T. 1545. However, since the work is, in each of its versions, a commentary on the *Jñānaprasthāna*, it is possible for us to follow the overall plan of that work in organizing this summary. Nonparenthetical numerical references connect the summary to the sections in the summary of the *Jñānaprasthāna*. The numbers in parentheses refer first to the page and column in the Chinese text.