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無著

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Basic Meaning: Asaṅga

Senses:

  • (4th c.) Also translated as 無着 and transliterated as 阿僧伽 (Tib. Thogs med). A great early formulator of the Yogâcāra system who was a native of Puruṣapura in Gandhāra in northern India during the fourth century CE, but lived mostly in Ayodhyā. born the son of a Brahman, said to be the eldest brother of 天親 Vasubandhu. He was originally an Abhidharmist of the Mahīśāsaka school, but converted to Mahāyāna 大乘. He is attributed with the composition of several fundamental texts on Yogâcāra philosophy and practice, including the Mahāyānasaṃgraha-śāstra 攝大乘論 and Prakaranâryavāca-śāstra 顯揚聖教論. In the Tibetan tradition, he is also attributed with the authorship of the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論. Legend says that he often visited Tuṣita Heaven to receive the teaching from Maitreya. His younger brother Vasubandhu 世親 further developed Yogâcāra doctrine. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD]
  • In other contexts, it is a technical term, meaning unattached (Skt. asakta, asaṅga, aparāmṛṣṭa, aniketa; anadhyavasāna, anavekṣatā, anâlambya, anālaya, anālayatā, anāsakti, anilambha, *anupalambha, anUpālipta, anopalambha, amanyamāna, amama, arhat, alina, asaṅgatā, āryâsaṅga, *nâbhiniviśate, niravagraha, nirālamba, nirāsaṅga, nirupalepa, nirlepa; Tib. thogs med). [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1042, 1042

    Bulgyo sajeon 228a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1205d

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 202a/225

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 313, 378

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1327c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5126

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0781

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 634

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)1060a

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 522

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2013-11-06