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Shen04 / Catalog number 2-3904 / Volume 024

The "Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa" is a large treatise of the Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma tradition, discussing in detail the classification of dharmas, causality, mind and mental factors, the path of practice, and sectarian doctrinal positions. OpenSutra The fascicles of this work that have been organized under the “Yongle Northern Canon / Nikaya Treatises” are published; image sources and catalogue numbers are specified in the records for each fascicle. It can be first placed within the treatise collections or commentary literature system for understanding, with emphasis on doctrinal analysis, terminological organization, and transmission explanations. The work’s catalogue lists a total of 200 fascicles; currently 43 fascicles have not been published due to missing images: fascicle 020 (catalogue no. 2-3900, thousand-character volume code 动10), fascicle 032 (catalogue no. 2-3912, thousand-character volume code 疲02), fascicle 033 (catalogue no. 2-3913, thousand-character volume code 疲03), fascicle 035 (catalogue no. 2-3915, thousand-character volume code 疲05), fascicle 037 (catalogue no. 2-3917, thousand-character volume code 疲07), fascicle 039 (catalogue no. 2-3919, thousand-character volume code 疲09), fascicle 041 (catalogue no. 2-3921, thousand-character volume code 守01), fascicle 042 (catalogue no. 2-3922, thousand-character volume code 守02), and 43 other fascicles.

The "Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa" is a major compendium among the sectarian treatises, preserving extensive discussions of sectarian Buddhist doctrine. It is organized around Abhidharma analyses of dharmas and involves classifications of existence, cognition and mental activity, karma and causation, stages of meditation and the path—making it important primary material for the study of the Sarvāstivāda and sectarian Buddhist thought. OpenSutra The fascicles of this work that have been organized under the “Yongle Northern Canon / Nikaya Treatises” are published; image sources and catalogue numbers are specified in the records for each fascicle. It can be first placed within the treatise collections or commentary literature system for understanding, with emphasis on doctrinal analysis, terminological organization, and transmission explanations. Treatise and commentary literature typically develop Buddhist doctrine through question-and-answer, adjudication, or line-by-line exposition. Here the readable fascicles of the "Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa (Two Hundred Volumes)" are compiled in original catalogue order, suitable for perusal by fascicle number, catalogue number, thousand-character volume code, or title. Missing fascicles: the work’s catalogue lists a total of 200 fascicles; currently 43 fascicles have not been published due to missing source images: missing fascicle 020 (catalogue no. 2-3900, thousand-character volume code 动10), fascicle 032 (catalogue no. 2-3912, thousand-character volume code 疲02), fascicle 033 (catalogue no. 2-3913, thousand-character volume code 疲03), fascicle 035 (catalogue no. 2-3915, thousand-character volume code 疲05), fascicle 037 (catalogue no. 2-3917, thousand-character volume code 疲07), fascicle 039 (catalogue no. 2-3919, thousand-character volume code 疲09), fascicle 041 (catalogue no. 2-3921, thousand-character volume code 守01), fascicle 042 (catalogue no. 2-3922, thousand-character volume code 守02), fascicle 044 (catalogue no. 2-3924, thousand-character volume code 守04), fascicle 051 (catalogue no. 2-3931, thousand-character volume code 真01), fascicle 052 (catalogue no. 2-3932, thousand-character volume code 真02), fascicle 053 (catalogue no. 2-3933, thousand-character volume code 真03), fascicle 054 (catalogue no. 2-3934, thousand-character volume code 真04), fascicle 055 (catalogue no. 2-3935, thousand-character volume code 真05), fascicle 056 (catalogue no. 2-3936, thousand-character volume code 真06), fascicle 058 (catalogue no. 2-3938, thousand-character volume code 真08), fascicle 059 (catalogue no. 2-3939, thousand-character volume code 真09), fascicle 060 (catalogue no. 2-3940, thousand-character volume code 真10), fascicle 061 (catalogue no. 2-3941, thousand-character volume code 志01), fascicle 063 (catalogue no. 2-3943, thousand-character volume code 志03), fascicle 064 (catalogue no. 2-3944, thousand-character volume code 志04), fascicle 065 (catalogue no. 2-3945, thousand-character volume code 志05), fascicle 066 (catalogue no. 2-3946, thousand-character volume code 志06), fascicle 067 (catalogue no. 2-3947, thousand-character volume code 志07), fascicle 068 (catalogue no. 2-3948, thousand-character volume code 志08), fascicle 069 (catalogue no. 2-3949, thousand-character volume code 志09), fascicle 070 (catalogue no. 2-3950, thousand-character volume code 志10), fascicle 071 (catalogue no. 2-3951, thousand-character volume code 满01), fascicle 075 (catalogue no. 2-3955, thousand-character volume code 满05), fascicle 105 (catalogue no. 2-3985, thousand-character volume code 意05), fascicle 111 (catalogue no. 2-3991, thousand-character volume code 移01), fascicle 112 (catalogue no. 2-3992, thousand-character volume code 移02), fascicle 113 (catalogue no. 2-3993, thousand-character volume code 移03), fascicle 114 (catalogue no. 2-3994, thousand-character volume code 移04), fascicle 115 (catalogue no. 2-3995, thousand-character volume code 移05), fascicle 116 (catalogue no. 2-3996, thousand-character volume code 移06), fascicle 117 (catalogue no. 2-3997, thousand-character volume code 移07), fascicle 118 (catalogue no. 2-3998, thousand-character volume code 移08), fascicle 119 (catalogue no. 2-3999, thousand-character volume code 移09), fascicle 120 (catalogue no. 2-4000, thousand-character volume code 移10), fascicle 123 (catalogue no. 2-4003, thousand-character volume code 坚03), fascicle 147 (catalogue no. 2-4027, thousand-character volume code 雅07), fascicle 149 (catalogue no. 2-4029, thousand-character volume code 雅09). Links to fascicle sources are preserved in each fascicle record; current source links: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-4080/0508010508 Related translator information: translated by Tang Xuanzang.
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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon catalog number: 2-3904 Thousand-character code: Shen04 Catalog classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Hinayana treatises Parent work: Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra (200 fascicles) Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-3904/0508010508 CBETA Online: Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra (T1545) https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/zh/T1545 SAT Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Database: T1545 https://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT2018/T1545.html

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