Sthiramati

Sthiramati (T. blo gros brtan pa; C. anhui 安慧) was a 6th-century Indian Buddhist scholar. He was renowned for his commentaries on Yogācāra and Abhidharma, in which he expounded on the works of Vasubandhu and others, as well as for a commentary on the Kaśyāpa-parivarta.

Artemus B. Engle writes:

Over the years I have found the writings of the Indian Buddhist scholar Sthiramati—such as his commentary on Vasubandhu’s Summary of the Five Heaps—to be among the most detailed sources on the topic of mind and mental factors.

Scholars believe Sthiramati was based primarily in Valābhi (present-day Gujarat), although he is thought to have spent some time at Nālandā.

Works

• Commentary on Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes (Skt. madhyānta-vibhāga-ṭīkā; Tib. དབུས་དང་མཐའ་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པའི་འགྲེལ་བཤད་, Wyl. dbus dang mtha' rnam par 'byed pa'i 'grel bshad) . Tibetan text: དབུས་དང་མཐའ་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པའི་འགྲེལ་བཤད་ (Derge Pedurma)
• Pañcaskandhakavibhāṣā, a 6th-century commentary on Vasubandhu’s Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa.
• Abhidharmakośabhāṣya Tattvārthā, a commentary on the Abhidharma-kosa

Sources

• Engle, Artemus B., The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice: Vasubhandu's Summary of the Five Heaps with Commentary by Sthiramati, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2009

Further reading

• Sthiramati
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• Chimpa, Alaka Chattopadhyaya & Lama, Taranatha’s History of Buddhism in India, Edited by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2010), pages 179-181 and 399-400
• Engle, Artemus B., The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice: Vasubhandu's Summary of the Five Heaps with Commentary by Sthiramati, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2009
• Kramer, J. J Indian Philos (2018) 46: 321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-017-9345-z
• "The Indian Yogacara Scholar Sthiramata and the Works attributed to him", Jowita Kramer