In modern dictionaries the word itihāsa is defined as “narrative, legend, history”. Lexicographers usually suggest the simple etymology: iti ha āsa “thus, truly, it was”. By Kshirasvāmin (the 11th century) it is said: “iti ha āsīd yatreti itihāsah, itir evamarthe, hah kilarthe”…
At the IOM RAS Department of South Asian Studies, the monograph by Dr. Sergey L. Burmistrov Asanga. Compendium of Abhidharma (Abhidharma-samuccaya). Chapter I: Compendium of Characteristics (Lakṣaṇa-samuccaya) will be discussed.
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