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Maitreyanātha (270-350 ce)

One of the three founders of Yogācāra, along with Asaṇga and Vasubandhu. His dates are uncertain, and scholars are divided as to whether the name denotes a historical human teacher or the Bodhisattva Maitreya, used pseudo-epigraphically. The number of works attributed to him vary in the Tibetan and Chinese traditions but variously include the Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra, the Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra, the Dharma-dharmatā-vibhāga, the Madhyānta-vibhāga-kārikā, the Abhisamaya-alaṃkāra, and the Ratna-gotra-vibhāga.

Source
A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)
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