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'''Buddhapalita''' (Tib. | '''Buddhapalita''' (Skt. ''Buddhapālita''; Tib. [[སངས་རྒྱས་བསྐྱངས་]], ''Sangyé Kyang'', [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas bskyangs'') — the great Indian scholar who is acknowledged as the founder of the [[Prasangika Madhyamika]]. He composed a commentary to [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Mulamadhyamaka-karika]]'', known simply as the ''Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti'', or the 'Buddhapalita' commentary. Buddhapalita is counted among the [[Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Buddhapalita, ''Buddhapalita's Commentary on Nagarjuna's Middle Way'', introduction and translation by Ian James Coghlan (Wisdom Publications, 2021) | |||
*David Seyfort Ruegg, ''The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India'', Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981 | |||
*Lobsang N. Tsonawa, ''Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History'', Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985. | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Masters]] | |||
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]] | [[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Madhyamika]] | [[Category:Madhyamika]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:42, 29 December 2021
Buddhapalita (Skt. Buddhapālita; Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་བསྐྱངས་, Sangyé Kyang, Wyl. sangs rgyas bskyangs) — the great Indian scholar who is acknowledged as the founder of the Prasangika Madhyamika. He composed a commentary to Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika, known simply as the Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti, or the 'Buddhapalita' commentary. Buddhapalita is counted among the Seventeen Nalanda Masters.
Further Reading
- Buddhapalita, Buddhapalita's Commentary on Nagarjuna's Middle Way, introduction and translation by Ian James Coghlan (Wisdom Publications, 2021)
- David Seyfort Ruegg, The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981
- Lobsang N. Tsonawa, Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.