Space and Time Conceptions in Sarvāstivāda Cosmology
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https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2013.06Keywords:
Cosmology, Abhidharmakośabhāsya, Sarvāstivāda, Space, TimeAbstract
The present article focuses on the reconstruction of the cosmological models from the school of Kashmir (fourth century), as they are registered in the compendium of sarvāstivāda-vaibhāsika school, attributed to the Buddhist monk Vasubandhu and titled Abhidharmakośabhāsya. The articles identifies the different textual sources of the cosmological models and describes its general structure, based in three realms (sensible, subtle matter and immaterial). It analyzes the relevant characteristics of the concepts of Space and Time, discovering and unusual model in comparison with the contemporaries cosmologies from the Mediterranean.
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