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'''Abhidharma-samuccaya''' ([[Wyl.]] ''mngon pa kun btus''), ''The Compendium of Abhidharma'', was composed by [[Asanga]], one of the '[[Six Ornaments]]', the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. ''Abhidharma-samuccaya'' is a complete and systematic account of the [[Abhidharma]].  
The '''The Compendium of Abhidharma''' (Skt. ''Abhidharmasamuccaya''; [[Wyl.]] ''mngon pa kun btus''; Tib. ''ngönpa küntü'') was composed by [[Asanga]], one of the '[[Six Ornaments]]', the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. ''Abhidharma-samuccaya'' is a complete and systematic account of the [[Abhidharma]].  


==Translations==
==Translations==
*Asanga, ''Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching (Philosophy)'', translated by Walpola Rahula, Sara Boin-Webb, Asian Humanities Press, 2001
*Asanga, ''Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching (Philosophy)'', translated by Walpola Rahula, Sara Boin-Webb, Asian Humanities Press, 2001
==Further Reading==
*Dan Martin, 'Gray Traces: Tracing the Tibetan Teaching Transmission of the mNgon pa kun btus (Abhidharmasamuccaya) Through the Early Period of Disunity' in Helmut Eimer and David Germano (ed.), ''The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism'', Leiden: Brill, 2002


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Asanga

The The Compendium of Abhidharma (Skt. Abhidharmasamuccaya; Wyl. mngon pa kun btus; Tib. ngönpa küntü) was composed by Asanga, one of the 'Six Ornaments', the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. Abhidharma-samuccaya is a complete and systematic account of the Abhidharma.

Translations

  • Asanga, Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching (Philosophy), translated by Walpola Rahula, Sara Boin-Webb, Asian Humanities Press, 2001

Further Reading

  • Dan Martin, 'Gray Traces: Tracing the Tibetan Teaching Transmission of the mNgon pa kun btus (Abhidharmasamuccaya) Through the Early Period of Disunity' in Helmut Eimer and David Germano (ed.), The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism, Leiden: Brill, 2002