The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (261 page)

 
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(Skt., ‘not-bound’).
1
In Hinduism, the state of the true self (
tman
) which knows itself to be what it is—not bound to, or identified with, the mind or body.
2
4th cent. CE. Founder of the Buddhist Yog
c
ra/
Vijñ
nav
da
school of idealism and elder brother of
Vasubandhu
, from whose biography the details of Asa
ga's life are known. Numerous works are attributed to Asa
ga including the monumental
Yog
c
rabhumi
stra
,
Mah
y
nasutr
la
k
ra