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Abhidharmakosabhasyam, 4 Volume Set (English, French and Sanskrit Edition) 🔍
Vasubandhu, L. De La Vallee Poussin (French Translator), Leo M. Pruden (English Translator) Asian Humanities Press; Berkeley, Calif., 4 volume, 1988
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This is the most important compendium of Indian Buddhist philosophy and psychology. The four volume clothbound masterwork begins with a history of abhidharma literature and covers a vast array of subjects from a Buddhist viewpoint. Some of these subjects are Buddhist cosmology and the process of rebirth, karma and the Buddhist ethical theory, mental defilements, causes of suffering and the path to enlightenment, the supernatural powers of a Buddha, a taxonomy of meditative states and a refutation of the existence of soul. "... one of the landmark achievements in the history of Buddhist Studies. Highly recommended for all academic libraries..."--Choice A selection of Choice Outstanding Books and Nonprint Materials (OABN). Contents Translator's Preface The Abhidharma--Leo M. Pruden Abhidharmakosabhasyam--L. Poussin The Dhatus The Indriyas The World Karma The Latent Defilements The Path and the Saints The Knowledges The Absorptions Refutation of the Pudgala Footnotes Index
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zlib/Religion & Spirituality/Buddhism/Vasubandhu & Poussin (french tr.) & Pruden (english tr.)/Abhidharmakosabhasyam, Volume I_19275198.pdf
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Abhidharmakosabhasyam. Vol. IV
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Abhidharmakos+ѓabha+ѕsy+Đam
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Abhidharmakośabhāṣyam
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Abhidharmakoʹsabhāṣyam
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Abhidharmakośabhāṣyaṃ
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[translated] by Louis de La Vallée Poussin; English translation by Leo M. Pruden
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Vasubandhu; Louis de La Valle-Poussin; Leo M. Pruden
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Vasubandhu; Louis de La Vallée Poussin
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Vasubandhu; Louis De La Vallee Poussin
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Jain Publishing Company, Inc.
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United States, United States of America
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Berkeley, Calif, California, 1988
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Berkeley, Calif :, 1988-1990
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4 volume edition, June 1990
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Berkeley, Calif, ©1991
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4 volume, FR, 1990
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2008
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lg413079
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类型: 图书
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出版日期: 1988
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出版社: Asian Humanities Press; Berkeley, Calif
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Includes bibliographies.
Translation of: Abhidharmakośabhāṣya.
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4 Volume Set
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This is the most important compendium of Indian Buddhist philosophy and psychology. The four volume (app. 1600 pp.) clothbound masterwork begins with a history of abhidharma literature and covers a vast array of subjects from a Buddhist viewpoint. Some of these subjects are Buddhist cosmology and the process of rebirth, karma and the Buddhist ethical theory, mental defilements, causes of suffering and the path to enlightenment, the supernatural powers of a Buddha, a taxonomy of meditative states and a refutation of the existence of soul.
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Autocommentary on the author's Abhidharmakośakārikā, verse treatise on the concepts of Buddhist metaphysics from the point of view of the Sarvastivada school.
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2022-03-02
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