Śūnyatāsaptati
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Śūnyatāsaptati is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise by Nāgārjuna that systematically expounds the doctrine of emptiness (śūnyatā) in seventy verses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Śūnyatāsaptati canonical | 3 |
| Seventy Verses on Emptiness | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Śūnyatāsaptati Context triple: [Nagarjuna, majorWork, Śūnyatāsaptati]
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A.
Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
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C.
Tattva Prakasika
Tattva Prakasika is a traditional philosophical commentary in the Dvaita Vedanta school that elaborates and clarifies key metaphysical doctrines.
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D.
Samkhyasutra
Samkhyasutra is an ancient foundational text of the Sāṃkhya school of Indian philosophy, traditionally attributed to the sage Kapila and concerned with enumerating and analyzing the fundamental principles of reality.
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E.
Samayasara
Samayasara is a foundational Jain philosophical text by Acharya Kundakunda that expounds the nature of the soul and the path to liberation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Śūnyatāsaptati Target entity description: Śūnyatāsaptati is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise by Nāgārjuna that systematically expounds the doctrine of emptiness (śūnyatā) in seventy verses.
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A.
Vaisesika Sutra
The Vaisesika Sutra is an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes the Vaisheshika school’s atomistic and realist metaphysics, detailing categories of reality such as substance, quality, and motion.
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B.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
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C.
Tattva Prakasika
Tattva Prakasika is a traditional philosophical commentary in the Dvaita Vedanta school that elaborates and clarifies key metaphysical doctrines.
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D.
Samkhyasutra
Samkhyasutra is an ancient foundational text of the Sāṃkhya school of Indian philosophy, traditionally attributed to the sage Kapila and concerned with enumerating and analyzing the fundamental principles of reality.
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E.
Samayasara
Samayasara is a foundational Jain philosophical text by Acharya Kundakunda that expounds the nature of the soul and the path to liberation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist philosophical treatise
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Madhyamaka text ⓘ |
| aim |
clarification of the meaning of emptiness
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defense of the middle way free from extremes ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
conventional truth
ⓘ
two truths doctrine ⓘ
linked to:
Two Truths doctrine
ultimate truth ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Candrakīrti (as later interpreter)
ⓘ
linked to:
Candrakīrti
Tsongkhapa (as later interpreter) ⓘ
linked to:
Je Tsongkhapa
|
| attributedTo |
Nāgārjuna
ⓘ
linked to:
Nagarjuna
|
| author |
Nāgārjuna
ⓘ
linked to:
Nagarjuna
|
| canonicalStatus | important Madhyamaka root text ⓘ |
| commentarialTradition |
Indian Madhyamaka commentaries
ⓘ
Tibetan scholastic commentaries ⓘ |
| genre |
kārikā text
ⓘ
śāstra ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian Buddhist thought
ⓘ
Indian Madhyamaka exegesis ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainDoctrine |
emptiness
ⓘ
śūnyatā ⓘ |
| numberOfVerses | 70 ⓘ |
| period | circa 2nd–3rd century CE (attributional dating via Nāgārjuna) ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
dependent origination
ⓘ
non-substantiality of phenomena ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
dialectical analysis
ⓘ
reductio ad absurdum arguments (prasaṅga) ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka (later classification)
ⓘ
linked to:
Madhyamaka
|
| preservation |
Tibetan translation
ⓘ
partial Sanskrit witnesses (fragmentary/quoted) ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
East Asia
ⓘ
India ⓘ Tibet ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
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Vigrahavyāvartanī ⓘ Yuktiṣaṣṭikā ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Buddhism ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Tibetan monastic curricula ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
analysis of emptiness of persons
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analysis of emptiness of phenomena ⓘ refutation of intrinsic nature (svabhāva) ⓘ relation between emptiness and dependent arising ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Seventy Verses on Emptiness
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linked to:
Śūnyatāsaptati
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| tradition | Madhyamaka ⓘ |
| verseForm | metrical verses ⓘ |
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