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In order to elucidate one aspect of the Gandhāra Buddhism, the term pāścāttyāḥ or xifang zhushi (西方諸師), ‘Buddhist scholars from the Western Region,’ in the Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra (AMv) is to be examined in detail. Although I have discussed the definition of the term pāścāttya, the term xifang zunzhe (西方尊者), ‘the venerable person from the Western Region,’ is dealt with below. This term is used three times in the AMv. Two example of this term are found in the context of the four stages of penetration (nirvedhabhāgīya) interpretation by the venerable person (尊者), the author of the Jñānaprasthāna Śāstra (Jñp), and the venerable person from the Western Region, respectively. The third one is in the context where the ninety-eight defilements (anuśaya) are classified, which has been investigated in my previous papers. In this paper, I will focus on the first two occurrences.

The Venerable Person from the Western Region in the <i>Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra</i>