An Introduction to Abhidharmakosa Bhasyam (Prathama Kosasthana): Sanskrit Text in Devanagari & Roman Script with English Translation

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Abhidharmakosabhasyam is the most instructive book on the philosophy of early Buddhism. This is a well-known Buddhist work for its harmonious synthesis of all the great doctrines accepted by most of the contemporary schools of Buddhism. It contains fundamental principles of Buddhism and also an exhaustive and systematic exposition of the Abhidarma doctrines of the old schools of Buddhism that came into being after the Buddha.

This text is a treasury of highest forms of knowledge. It deals with ontology, psychology, cosmology, salvation and ethical related doctrine. All major schools of Buddhism accept the authority of Abhidharma in spite of the difference in their sectarian viewpoints with regards to interpretations. This text is important as it contains systematically the fundamental principle of the Abhidharma philosophy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Indra Narain Singh

Dr. Indra Narain Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Delhi, has been teaching Buddhist Philosophy since 1996. Apart from editing independently the two journals of the Department of Buddhist Studies, he has several books and articles on different aspects of Buddhist Philosophy, Ethics, and Epistemology etc. to his credit.

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Title
An Introduction to Abhidharmakosa Bhasyam (Prathama Kosasthana): Sanskrit Text in Devanagari & Roman Script with English Translation
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9780651074, 9789380651071
Length
248p., Bibliography; 22cm.
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