Summary of the Mahayana, The ［摂大乗論］ ( Mahāyāna-samgraha; Chin She-ta-ch’eng-lun;  Shō-daijō-ron): A work by Asanga, an Indian Buddhist teacher of the fourth or fifth century, that constitutes the basic teaching of the Summary of the Mahayana (She-lun) school in China. It expounds the Consciousness-Only doctrine and mentions ten points in which Mahayana teachings are superior to those of Hinayana. There are three Chinese translations, attributed to Buddhashānta (completed in 531), Paramārtha (in 564), and Hsüan-tsang (in the mid-seventh century), respectively.