Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa

For the text with the same title by Candrakīrti, see Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa (Candrakīrti).

Vasubandhu.

Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa (T. phung po lnga'i rab tu byed pa, ཕུང་པོ་ལྔའི་རབ་ཏུ་བྱེད་པ་; C. dasheng wuyun lun 大乘五蘊論), or Summary of the Five Heaps, is a commentary by the Indian scholar Vasubandhu. This text is no longer extant in Sanskrit, but it is preserved in the Tibetan Tengyur. Commentaries on this work by Sthiramati, Gunaprabha and Pṛthivībandhu are also included in the Tengyur.

According to the Princeton Dictionary, Vasubandhu's presentation of the five skandhas in this text "bears many similarities" to his presentation in the Abhidharma-kosha; however this text emphasizes a Mahayana point of view.

There is also a text with the same title by Chandrakirti; see Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa (Candrakīrti).

Translations

In English

• Artemus B. Engle, The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice: Vasubhandu's Summary of the Five Heaps with Commentary by Sthiramati, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2009
• Stefan Anacker, Seven Works of Vasubandhu: The Buddhist Psychological Doctor, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1984, ISBN 978-8120802032

In French

• Philippe Cornu, Vasubandhu, Cinq traités sur l'esprit seulement (Paris: Fayard, 2008)
• J. Dantinne, Le traité des cinq agregats: Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa de Vasubandhu, Bruxelles 1980

Alternate translations of the title

• Summary of the Five Heaps (Artemus B. Engle)
• Explanation of the Five Aggregates (Princeton Dictionary)
• Analysis of the Five Skandhas (Rigpa wiki)