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Nagarjuna

Acharya Nāgārjuna (Devanagari:नागार्जुन, Tibetan: ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་ klu sgrub, Chinese: 龍樹) (ca. 150–250 CE) was an Indian philosopher who founded the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.

His writings are the basis for the formation of the Madhyamaka school, which was transmitted to China under the name of the Three Treatise (Sanlun) School. He is credited with developing the philosophy of the Prajnaparamita sutras, and was closely associated with the Buddhist university of Nalanda. In the Jodo Shinshu branch of Buddhism, he is considered the First Patriarch.

Little is known about the actual life of the historical Nagarjuna. The two most extensive biographies of Nagarjuna, one in Chinese and the other in Tibetan, were written many centuries after his life and incorporate material seen by some as historically unreliable. Nagarjuna was born a Brahmin, which in his time connoted religious allegiance to the Vedas, probably into an upper-caste Brahmin family and probably in the southern Andhra region of India.

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3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher

Born c. 150
Died c. 250

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  • Cover of: Nagarjuna's Middle way: the Mulamadhyamakakarika

    First published in 2013 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nāgārjuna: the philosophy of the middle way

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Stances du milieu par excellence

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  • Cover of: Le traité de la grande vertu de sagesse de Nāgārjuna (Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra)

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  • Cover of: Nāgārjunīyā Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Prajñā nāma =: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Prajñā nāma

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  • Cover of: Hundert Strophen von der Lebensklugheit Nāgarjunas Prajñāśatka, Tibetisch and Deutsch

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Catuḥstavaḥ: Saṃskr̥ta pāṭha, Bhoṭiya saṃskaraṇa, evaṃ Hindī anuvāda

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  • Cover of: Madhyamakaśāstram: Sambhoṭabhāṣayā Saṃskr̥te rūpāntarīkr̥tam : Ācāryanāgārjunakr̥tākutobhaya-Ācāryabuddhapālitakr̥tamādhyamikavr̥tti-Ācāryabhāvavivekapraṇītaprajñāpradīpa-Ācāryacandrakīrtiviracitaprasannapadā itivr̥tticatuṣṭayasamalaṅkr̥tam

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  • Cover of: Ācāryanāgārjunapraṇītā saṭīkā Āryaśālistambakakārikā =: Slob-dpon Klu-sgrub kyis mdzad paʼi ʼPhags pa sā lu ljaṅs paʼi tshig leʼur byas pa daṅ deʼi rgya cher ʼgrel pa

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  • Cover of: Sbyor ba brgya pa: daṅ, Yan lag brgyad paʼi sñiṅ po bsdus pa sogs

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  • Cover of: Suh-ki-li-lih-kiu: the suhṛillekha or 'friendly letter' addressed to King Sadvaha

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  • Cover of: On Voidness: A Study on Buddhist Nihilism (Buddhist Tradition Series, Vol 23)

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  • Cover of: Nāgārjuna, a translation of his Mūlamadhyamakakārikā with an introductory essay

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  • Cover of: Dbu ma rtsa ba śes rab rtsa ʼgrel bźugs

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We need a photo of Nagarjuna

3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher

Born c. 150
Died c. 250

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Mādhyamika (Buddhism), Buddhism, Tripiṭaka, Commentaries, Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhist Philosophy, Pratītyasamutpāda, Texts, Tibetan language, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist philosophy, Prayers and devotions, Religious life, Tales, Doctrines, History and criticism, Madhyamika (Buddhism), Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism), Buddha and Buddhism, Correspondence, Nagarjuna, active 2nd century, Spiritual life, Sunyata, Tibetan Medicine

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India, China, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet Region

People

Nāgārjuna (2nd cent), Nāgārjuna (active 2nd century), Aśvaghoṣa, Candrakīrti, Gautama Buddha, Thon-mi Sambhoṭa (fl. 632)

Time

Early works to 1800

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Alternative names

  • Acharya Nāgārjuna
  • Nāgārjuna
  • Ngrjuna
  • नागार्जुन
  • ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་
  • klu sgrub
  • 龍樹

History

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May 3, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
May 3, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add names in other languages to AKAs
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import