Āpídámó Jùshě Lùn Běn Sòng 阿毘達磨俱舍論本頌
Abhidharmakośa-kārikā: Root Verses of the Treasury of Higher Doctrine by 世親菩薩 (造), 玄奘 (譯)
About the work
The Āpídámó Jùshě Lùn Běn Sòng 阿毘達磨俱舍論本頌 (Skt. Abhidharmakośa-kārikā, “Root Verses of the Abhidharmakośa”; CBETA T29n1560) is a Tang dynasty extraction of the verse (kārikā) portion of Vasubandhu’s Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya, 1 juan, by 世親菩薩 and translated by 玄奘. The source text header reads “世親菩薩造 / 三藏法師玄奘奉詔譯” with the subtitle “(說一切有部)” identifying the Sarvāstivāda school. The Taisho cross-reference reads “No. 1560 [cf. Nos. 1558, 1559, 1561].”
Prefaces
No independent preface. The verse text begins directly with the eight-chapter sequence.
Abstract
The Kośa-kārikā consists of the approximately 600 root verses (kārikā) of the Abhidharmakośa (KR6l0023, T1558), extracted from Xuanzang’s full translation and presented without the accompanying prose auto-commentary (bhāṣya). This format served practical needs: students could memorize the verses, and commentators could use them as a base-text. The verse text follows the same eight-pāda structure as the full work (分別界品 through 分別定品), plus the 破我品 verses.
This kārikā-text is the base text on which 圓暉 圓暉 composed his Jùshě lùn sòng shū (KR6l0036, T1823), which became the dominant East Asian commentary on the verses.
Translations and research
Reminder: AI generated list - beware of hallucinations. Corrections and additions welcome
- de La Vallée Poussin, Louis. L’Abhidharmakośa de Vasubandhu. Paris: Geuthner, 1923–1931. — Translates both verse and commentary.
- See KR6l0023 for full bibliography.
Links
- CBETA Online
- Taisho Vol. 29, No. 1560
- Kanseki DB