Hypothesis (unconfirmed): Yogācāra starts as a term of derision for people who are ultra-focused on meditation; meditators uncover wicked interesting insights, but since most people are unwilling to commit to hardcore meditation, Yogācāra fades away as a distinct methodology...
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Also relevant, is the bit in Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra which seems to suggest that the linking together of śamatha and vipaśyanā practices was integral to the realization of vijñaptimātratā. There's a similar passage in the Bodhisattvabhūmi as well!
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Such "yoking" (yuganaddha, related to yoga) of śamatha and vipaśyanā traces itself even further back to AN 4.170 (puna caparaṃ, āvuso, bhikkhu samathavipassanaṃ yuganaddhaṃ bhāveti) in the Pāḷi Canon.
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