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Ācāriya Buddhaghosa and Master Yinshun 印順 on the Three-aṅga Structure of Early Buddhist Texts

  • Mun-keat Choong

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Abstract

This paper discusses the different explanations offered by the fifth-century Indian commentator Ācāriya Buddhaghosa and the contemporary Chinese scholar-monk Master Yinshun 印順 (1906–2005) regarding the three aṅgas (i.e., Sanskrit/Pali sūtra/sutta, geya/geyya, vyākaraṇa/veyyākaraṇa) of early Buddhist texts. Essentially it argues that the three-aṅga structure of the Saṃyukta-āgama/Saṃyuttanikāya proposed by Master Yinshun should be regarded as more logical and acceptable (or perhaps historically more accurate) than Ācāriya Buddhaghosa’s traditional interpretation of the aṅgas.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch on the Saṃyukta-āgama
Editors Dhammadinnā
Place of PublicationTaipei, Taiwan
PublisherDharma Drum Publishing Corporation
Pages883-932
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9789575988593
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2020

Publication series

NameDharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Research Series
Number8

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