Mahavibhasha

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The Abhidharma Mahavibhasha Shastra (Skt. abhidharma mahāvibhāṣā śāstram; Tib. བྱེ་བྲག་བཤད་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོ་, Wyl. bye brag bshad mdzod chen mo) — an abhidharma text said to be composed by five hundred arhats, which summarizes the Seven treatises of abhidharma. This text was studied by Vasubandhu and masterfully condensed into the Treasury of Abhidharma.

It is said to be the first shastra ever composed.[1]

Notes

  1. Mipham Rinpoche, Kagyé Namshé