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La concepción del espacio-tiempo en la cosmología sarvāstivāda

Juan Arnau

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TiempoHistoryBuddhist monkCosmologíaSpaceSarvāstivādalcsh:History of scholarship and learning. The humanitieslcsh:R131-687CompendiumCosmologyTimeHistory and Philosophy of Sciencelcsh:History of medicine. Medical expeditionsEspacioAZ20-999lcsh:AZ20-999History of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAbhidharmakośabhāsyaHumanitiesHistory of medicine. Medical expeditionsR131-687

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The present article focuses on the reconstruction of the cosmological models from the school of Kashmir (fourth century), as they are registered in the compendium of sarvāstivāda-vaibhāsika school, attributed to the Buddhist monk Vasubandhu and titled Abhidharmakośabhāsya. The articles identifies the different textual sources of the cosmological models and describes its general structure, based in three realms (sensible, subtle matter and immaterial). It analyzes the relevant characteristics of the concepts of Space and Time, discovering and unusual model in comparison with the contemporaries cosmologies from the Mediterranean.

10.3989/asclepio.2013.06http://asclepio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/asclepio/article/view/541