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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: Letter from a friend: a bodhisattva's advice to an Indian king on right living and the Buddhist path = The Suhr̥llekha : an epistle composed for King Śatakarṇi

    First published in 1985 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Chungnon: Madhyamaka Śāstra

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  • Cover of: The Madhyamakasastram of Nagarjuna

    First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A strand of dharma jewels: a bodhisattva's profound teachings on happiness, liberation, and the path

    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Dundazh u̇zliĭn ukhaany chuulgan

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  • Cover of: Nāgārjuna's Twelve gate treatise: translated, with introductory essays, comments, and notes

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The confession of downfalls: The confession sutra, with commentary by Ārya Nāgārjuna ; The practice of Vajrasattva, with sādhana

    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ston-pa Bcom-ldan-ʼdas la mdzad pa bcu gñis kyi sgo nas bstod-pa bźugs so.

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  • Cover of: Madhyamakavṛttiḥ.: Mūlamadhyamakakārikās (Mādhyamikasūtras) de Nāgārjuna avec la Prasannapadā commentaire de Candrakīrti

    First published in 1913 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The philosophy of Nāgārjuna, as contained in the Ratnāvalī

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Precious garland: Buddhist approach to life, polity and liberation

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  • Cover of: Prajñādaṇḍa: Prajñādaṇḍa = The staff of wisdom

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  • Cover of: Tun-hong gter yig las byung baʼi dbu maʼi yig cha dag bsgrigs dang dpyad zhib

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  • Cover of: The six perfections: an abridged version of E. Lamotte's French translation of Nāgārjuna's Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapters xvi-xxx

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  • Cover of: Dbu ma rig tshogs drug

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  • Cover of: Dpal-mgon ʼPhags-pa Klu-sgrub kyis mdzad paʼi ro laṅs gser ʼgyur gyi chos sgruṅ ñer gcig pa rgyas par phye ba.

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  • Cover of: Four minor Madhyamaka texts in Tibetan translation

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: traité de la grande vertue de sagesse (Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra) [traduction] par Étienne Lamotte.

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  • Cover of: Nagarjuna's philosophy as presented in the Maha-prajñparamita-sastra

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We need a photo of Nagarjuna

3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher

Born c. 150
Died c. 250

Subjects

Mādhyamika (Buddhism), Early works to 1800, Tripiṭaka, Commentaries, Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhism, Buddhist Philosophy, Tales, Pratītyasamutpāda, Prayers and devotions, Texts, Tibetan language, Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism), Buddhist ethics, Buddhist philosophy, History and criticism, Buddha and Buddhism, Confession (Liturgy), Doctrines, Madhyamika (Buddhism), Mādhyamika (Buddhism) -- Early works to 1800, Nagarjuna, active 2nd century, Nāgārjuna, -- 2nd cent, Prayer-books and devotions, Psychology

Places

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

People

Nāgārjuna (active 2nd century), Nāgārjuna (2nd cent), Aśvaghoṣa, Candrakīrti

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