अभिधर्मकोश एवं भाष्य (आचार्य वसुबन्धु - स्फुटार्था व्याख्या सहित सम्पूर्ण बौद्ध दर्शन महाकोश)

FOREWORD
It is a matter of great satisfaction that interest in higher
study and research in Buddhist learning has been increasing in
the country since our independence. Many institutions,
devoted to Buddhist Studies have come into existence in
different parts of the country and are engaged in doing useful
work in this direction. Pāli and Buddhist Studies have become
the subjects of interest at the under-graduate and post-graduate
levels in many Universities. Efforts are also being made to
bring the original materials to light and make them accessible
to the Scholars and interested people in general.
The Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra, Nālandā has done com-
mendable work in bringing out the critical edition of the Pali
Tipiṭaka into Devanāgari script for the first time after the
Mahāparinibbāna of the Buddha. Many Sanskrit texts of the
Mahāyāna tradition were critically edited and published by the
Sanskrit Institute, Darbhangā. The K.P. Jayaswāl Institute,
Patna brought out the critical edition of the Vasubandhu's
Abhidharmakośa with its auto-commentary. The book was
immensely liked by the Scholars and it soon became out of
stock
Swāmī Dwārikā Dās Śāstrī, an erudite scholar of ancient
Indian lore, took the task of bringing out the Buddhist texts by
establishing an institution named Bauddha Bhāratī at Vārāṇasī.
He prepared the critical edition of many Buddhist texts both in
Sanskrit and Pali and published them through this institution.
In series of the publication of the Bauddha Bharati, he criti-
cally edited and published the Abhidharmakośa, the magnum
opus of the Sarvāstivādin tradition with its commentary by
Acarya Vasubandhu and sub-commentary by Acarya Yaśo-