Abhidharmadipa with Vibhasaprabha Vrutti

Author(s): P S Jaini
Publisher: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute

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Introduction to reconstruct such a list on the basis of the items dealt with in their Abhidharma works." The Abhidharma-samuchchaya of Asanga (representing the Yogachara school), the Kosa-Bhashya of Vasubandhu and the present work Dipa (with its Vtitti), contain an almost identical set of pairs and triads correspon: ding to the Matikas of the Theravada school. The Abhidharma-samuchchaya of Asanga deals with a large number of dharmas in its first chapter devoted to a study of skandha-ayatana dhatu (tri-dharma-parichchheda). Its method, like other Abhidharma works, is catechetical. The dhammas in the Abhidharma-samuchchaya are presented in the following order1 (a) dravyamat (b) prajnaptimat 2 (a) samoritisat (b) paramarthasat 3 (a) jneyam (b) vijneyam 4 (a) rupi (b) arupi (33) 5 (a) sanidarsanam (b) anidarsanam (31) 6 (a) sapratigham (b) apratigham (32) 7 (a) sastavam (b) anastavam (37) 8 (a) saranam (b) aranam (122) 9 (a) samisham (b) niramisham 10 (a) gredhasritam (b) naishkramya sritam 11 (a) samskritam (b) asamskritam (30) 12 (a) laukikam (b) lokottaram (34) 13 (a) utpannam (b) anutpannam (17) 14 (a) grahakam (b) grahyam (77) 15 (a) bahirmukham (b) antarmukham 16 (a) klishtam (b) aklishlam (99) These sixteen pairs are followed by the followiug five triads :17. (a) atitam. (b) ana gatam (c) pratyutpannam (18) 18. (a) kucalam . (b) akusalam (c) avyakritum 19 (a) kama-pratisanyuktam (b) rupa (c) arupya --. (115.7) 20 (a) saiksham (b) asaiksham (c) naiva-saiksha nasaikshaw (11) 1 On the development of the Abhidharma and the matsikas, see A. Bareau, Dhammasangani, Paris 1951, pp. 6-40. 2 These numbers in the brackets refer to the number of correspon ding items of the Pali matika given in the Dhammasangani (Poona edition).