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300–301 · 4th century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scholar

Also known as: Aryasanga, thogs med, Асанга, 아상가, 无著, 無著

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Known works

  • The universal vehicle discourse literature =
  • Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle : An Explanation of the Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras
  • The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment
  • The realm of awakening (1989)
  • A Compendium of the Mahayana