Pratītyasamutpādavyākhyā

Pratītyasamutpādavyākhyā (T. rten cing ’brel par ’byung ba dang po’i rnam par dbye ba bshad pa). A commentary on the Pratītyasamutpādādivibhaṅganirdeśasūtra attributed to Vasubandhu.

The Indian scholar Guṇamati wrote a sub-commentary for this text, entitled Pratītyasamutpādādivibhaṅganirdeśaṭīkā (rten cing ’brel bar ’byung ba dang po dang rnam par dbye ba bstan pa’i rgya cher bshad pa).

Both Vasubandhu's commentary and Guṇamati's sub-commentary are included in the Tibetan canon.

For an overview of the content of Vasubandhu's commentary, see Mejor (1997a, 1997b).

Title variations

• Pratītyasamutpādavyākhyā
• Pratītyasamutpādādivibhaṅganirdeśa (rten cing ’brel bar ’byung ba dang po ’i rnam par dbye ba bshad pa).

Tibetan text

• Dergé Tengyur, toh 3995

Further reading

• Mejor, Mareck. “On the Formulation of Pratītya­samutpāda: Some Observations from Vasubandhu’s Pratītya­samutpāda­vyākhyā.” In Agata Bareja-Starzyńska and Mareck Mejor (eds.). Aspects of Buddhism: Proceedings of the International Seminar on Buddhist Studies (June, 1994). Warsaw: Instytut Orientalistyczny, Uniwersytet Warszawski (1997a), pp 125-138.

• Mejor, Mareck. “On Vasubandhu’s Pratītya­samutpāda­vyākhyā.” In Agata Bareja-Starzyńska and Mareck Mejor (eds.). Aspects of Buddhism: Proceedings of the International Seminar on Buddhist Studies (June, 1994). Warsaw: Instytut Orientalistyczny, Uniwersytet Warszawski (1997b), pp 139-148.