Shravak Bhoomi

SR No.: 002436
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Karunesha Shukla
Publisher: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute
Total Pages: 618
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 10 MB

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INTRODUCTION
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On the basis of a citation from Tāranātha's History of Tibetan Buddhism, one Sādhana (No. 159) and the Gūhyasamājatantra are also ascribed to Aryāsangapdā. But his relations to the Tantric Buddhism are yet doubtful and hence the ascription of Tantric works to him is spurious.
Probable date of Asanga : The problem of the date of Asanga is closely connected with that of his brother Vasubandhu as the biogrophies and other records speak of Vasubandhu in more express terms. Several attempts have been made to fix up the date of Vasubandhu and with him of Asanga, but the divergence of
(contd. from p. Ixxviii)
cludes that this work might not have been written by Asanga;
Analysis, p. 34-5 sq. 1. Vide, Wayman, Ibid., p. 39, see, Infra, Sec. 9. 2. K. B. Pathak in Indian Antiquary, 1911, p. 170; Hoernle in ibid.,
p. 264; Narasimhacar, p. 312; D. R. Bhandarkar, 1912, p. 1; Hara Prasad Shastri, Ibid., p. 15; also Pathak, 1912, p. 244; S. C. Vidyabhushan, JASB, 1905, p. 227; Noel Peri, 'A propos de la Date de Vasubandhu' Bulletin de 14 Ecole fr. d Extreme-Orient, t.XI,1911, pp. 339-90; Smith, Early History of India', p. 328; P. B. Chakrabarti, Origin and Development of the Sāṁkhya System of Thought, p. 146 sq.; V. S. Agrawal, Intro. to Ācārya Narendra Deva's AK, pp. 9-11; Stcherbatsky, Buddhist Logic, I, pp. 31-2; Shri Ram Goyal, A History of the Imperial Guptas, pp. 214-5; see also, HIL, II.355-6; A.K. Chatterjee, Yogācāra Idealism, ch. 2; Macdonell, History of Sanskrit Lit., pp. 324-5; the following dates of Vasubandhu have been accepted : c. 280-360 A.D. (Takakusu, Macdonell, Rāhula Sāṁkrtyāyana, Peri and others); (320-400 IV. S. Agrawala); 320-80; 400-80 (Fraüwallner).