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|bio=Saṃghabhadra. (T. 'Dus bzang; C. Zhongxian; J. Shugen; K. Chunghyǒn) (c. fifth century CE). In Sanskrit, "Auspicious to the Community"; the proper name of an influential Indian master of the Vaibhāṣika school of Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma. Historical sources suggest that Saṃghabhadra hailed from Kashmir and was a younger contemporary of his principal rival Vasubandhu. The historical records of Xuanzang and Paramārtha agree that Saṃghabhadra publicly challenged Vasubandhu to debate, but his challenge was never accepted. Saṃghabhadra's most famous works include the *''Nyāyānusāra'', or "Conformity with Correct Principle," and the *''Abhidharmasamayapradīpikā'' (C. Xianzong lun), or "Exposition of Accepted Doctrine." The *''Nyāyānusāra'' is both a clarification of the Abhidharma philosophy of the Vaibhāṣika school and a critical commentary on the presentation found in Vasubandhu's ''Abhidharmakośabhāṣya''. The later ''Samayapradīpikā'' is a shorter explanation of the doctrines of the Vaibhāṣikas, which in large measure summarizes the positions explored in the *''Nyāyānusāra''. Neither of these works survives in their Sanskrit originals but only in their Chinese translations. Saṃghabhadra's defense of Kashmir Sarvāstivāda-Vaibhāṣika positions ushered in the neo-Vaibhāṣika period of Sarvāstivāda thought, which took the *''Nyāyānusāra'' and the ''Samayapradīpikā'' as its main texts. (Source: "Saṃghabhadra." In ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism," 751. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.) | |MainNameChi=衆賢 | ||
|bio=Saṃghabhadra. (T. 'Dus bzang; C. Zhongxian; J. Shugen; K. Chunghyǒn 衆賢) (c. fifth century CE). In Sanskrit, "Auspicious to the Community"; the proper name of an influential Indian master of the Vaibhāṣika school of Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma. Historical sources suggest that Saṃghabhadra hailed from Kashmir and was a younger contemporary of his principal rival Vasubandhu. The historical records of Xuanzang and Paramārtha agree that Saṃghabhadra publicly challenged Vasubandhu to debate, but his challenge was never accepted. Saṃghabhadra's most famous works include the *''Nyāyānusāra'', or "Conformity with Correct Principle," and the *''Abhidharmasamayapradīpikā'' (C. Xianzong lun), or "Exposition of Accepted Doctrine." The *''Nyāyānusāra'' is both a clarification of the Abhidharma philosophy of the Vaibhāṣika school and a critical commentary on the presentation found in Vasubandhu's ''Abhidharmakośabhāṣya''. The later ''Samayapradīpikā'' is a shorter explanation of the doctrines of the Vaibhāṣikas, which in large measure summarizes the positions explored in the *''Nyāyānusāra''. Neither of these works survives in their Sanskrit originals but only in their Chinese translations. Saṃghabhadra's defense of Kashmir Sarvāstivāda-Vaibhāṣika positions ushered in the neo-Vaibhāṣika period of Sarvāstivāda thought, which took the *''Nyāyānusāra'' and the ''Samayapradīpikā'' as its main texts. (Source: "Saṃghabhadra." In ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism," 751. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.) | |||
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| bio | Saṃghabhadra. (T. 'Dus bzang; C. Zhongxian; J. Shugen; K. Chunghyǒn 衆賢) (c. fifth century CE). In Sanskrit, "Auspicious to the Community"; the proper name of an influential Indian master of the Vaibhāṣika school of Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma. Historical sources suggest that Saṃghabhadra hailed from Kashmir and was a younger contemporary of his principal rival Vasubandhu. The historical records of Xuanzang and Paramārtha agree that Saṃghabhadra publicly challenged Vasubandhu to debate, but his challenge was never accepted. Saṃghabhadra's most famous works include the *Nyāyānusāra, or "Conformity with Correct Principle," and the *Abhidharmasamayapradīpikā (C. Xianzong lun), or "Exposition of Accepted Doctrine." The *Nyāyānusāra is both a clarification of the Abhidharma philosophy of the Vaibhāṣika school and a critical commentary on the presentation found in Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośabhāṣya. The later Samayapradīpikā is a shorter explanation of the doctrines of the Vaibhāṣikas, which in large measure summarizes the positions explored in the *Nyāyānusāra. Neither of these works survives in their Sanskrit originals but only in their Chinese translations. Saṃghabhadra's defense of Kashmir Sarvāstivāda-Vaibhāṣika positions ushered in the neo-Vaibhāṣika period of Sarvāstivāda thought, which took the *Nyāyānusāra and the Samayapradīpikā as its main texts. (Source: "Saṃghabhadra." In The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism," 751. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.) |
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