Tibetan Text
byams chos sde lnga
Five Dharma Treatises of Maitreya
བྱམས་ཆོས་སྡེ་ལྔ་
Basic Meaning
This refers to a series of five texts that, according to the Tibetan tradition, Asaṅga received directly from Maitreya in the pure realm of Tuṣita.
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| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | byams chos sde lnga |
| Topic Variation | byams chos sde lnga |
| Tibetan | བྱམས་ཆོས་སྡེ་ལྔ་ ( jam chöde nga) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | byams chos sde lnga ( jam chöde nga) |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | Five Dharma Treatises of Maitreya |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | five dharma works of Maitreya |
| Sarah Harding's English Term | Five Dharmas of Maitreya |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | five treatises of Maitreya, the five doctrines of Maitreya |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | This refers to a series of five texts that, according to the Tibetan tradition, Asaṅga received directly from Maitreya in the pure realm of Tuṣita. |
| Term Type | Text |
| Definitions | |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | See page 159: In Tibetan, “the five books of Maitreya” said to have been presented to Asaṅga by the bodhisattva Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven; they are the Māhayāna-sūtrālaṃkāra, Abhisamayālaṃkāra, Madhyāntavibhāga, Dharmadharmatāvibhāga, and the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra). |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | rgyal ba byams pas thogs med la gsungs pa'i chos/ mngon rtogs rgyan/ mdo sde rgyan/ rgyud bla ma/ chos dang chos nyid rnam 'byed/ dbus mtha' rnam 'byed de sde tshan lnga/ ... |
