Vasubandhu's Pañcaskandhaka

Steinkellner, Ernst / Li, Xuezhu (Hrsg.):
Vasubandhu's Pañcaskandhaka / Ernst Steinkellner ; Xuezhu Li (eds.). - Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2008. - 107 S. - (Sanskrit Texts from the Tibetan Autonomous Region ; No. 4)
ISBN 978-3-7001-6109-7
EUR 28,00

Beschreibung
The Pañcaskandhaka consists of a list of all factors of reality with their definitions, a succinct summary of Buddhist philosophical scholasticism as presented in the Yogācāra-Vijñānavāda tradition in line with Asaṅga's Abhidharmasamuccaya. This small treatise, highly important for the history of Buddhist philosophy, was known until now only through its Tibetan and Chinese translations and is here published for the first time in its Sanskrit original.
   This critical edition is based on a photocopy kept in the library of the China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing, of a codex unicus found in the manuscript collection of the Potala in Lhasa, as well as on numerous secondary testimonies. It is accompanied by a diplomatic edition of the text, as well as reading editions of the Tibetan and Chinese translations. A short introduction provides essential information about Vasubandhu's work in general and about this unique manuscript.
   In addition to the Pañcaskandhaka, a text from the verso of the cover page, as yet unidentified, has been edited by Toru Tomabechi and is included in the appendix. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeber
ERNST STEINKELLNER ist em. Professor für Buddhismuskunde und Tibetologie an der Universität Wien und Gastforscher am Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
XUEZHU LI ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeit am Institut für Religionsforschung am China Tibetology Research Institute, Beijing.

Quellen: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Buchhandel.de
Schlagwörter: Buddhismus; Yogacāra; Vasubandhu; Philosophie

Rückschau
Von Ernst Steinkellner haben wir in Indologica bereits die folgenden Werke erfaßt:
1. [20.09.2005] Steinkellner [u.a.]: Jinendrabuddhi's Pramanasamuccayatika
2. [22.08.2007] Steinkellner: Dharmakirti's Pramanaviniscaya
3. Festschrift für E. Steinkellner: [29.10.2007] Kellner [u.a.]: Pramanakirtih