简介:<正>Thispaperfocusesonthesectionon"matter"(rūpa)inSthiramati’sPacaskandhakavibhāsāanditsroottext,Vasubandhu’sPacaskandhaka,providinganoverviewofthecontentsandcomparingthePacaskandhaka(vibhāsā)’spositionswithparallelexplanationsfoundintheAbhidharmakosabhāsya,theAbhidharmasamuccaya,andtheAbhidharmasamuccayabhāsya.1Moreover,twoothercommentariesonthePacaskandhakahavebeenconsulted,thePacaskandhavivarasaandthePacaskandhabhāsya,bothavailableonlyintheirTibetantranslations.Thelattertwoworkshavebeenaccountedforinthepresent