百論

(百論, 百论)

<Śataśāstra>. One of the [lang id =1028]三論 'three (sa) śāstras' of the Mādhyamika school, so called because of its 100 verses, each of 32 words; attributed to Deva Bodhisattva, it was written in Sanskrit by Vasubandhu and tr. by Kumārajīva, but the versions differ. There is also the [lang id =1028]廣百論本 <Catuḥśataka> <Catuḥśatakaśāstrakarika>, an expansion of the above.

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僧肇法師云： 佛入滅後八百餘年， 外道紛然， 異端競起， 邪辯逼真， 殆亂正道。 有提婆菩薩乃作斯論， 所以防正閑邪， 大明於宗極者矣。 論有百偈， 故名百論。 （梵語提婆， 華言天， 龍樹弟子也。 ）