Nagarjuna (Buddhist philosopher)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:writer
Buddhist monk
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Nalanda_University
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:India
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:India
gptkbp:era 2nd century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nagarjuna (Buddhist philosopher)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chandrakirti
gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
gptkb:Shantideva
gptkb:Nagarjuna_(alchemist)
Tibetan Buddhism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Prajñāpāramitā_sūtras
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Prakrit
gptkbp:legacy founder of Madhyamaka school
major figure in Mahāyāna Buddhism
debated with Brahmanical philosophers
debated with Jain philosophers
debated with Mimamsa philosophers
debated with Nyaya philosophers
debated with Samkhya philosophers
debated with Vaisheshika philosophers
debated with early Buddhist schools
influenced Buddhist epistemology
influenced Buddhist logic
influenced Buddhist metaphysics
influenced East Asian Buddhist philosophy
influenced Tibetan Buddhist philosophy
influenced Zen Buddhism
influenced modern Buddhist studies
subject of many commentaries
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Suhr̥llekha
gptkb:Śūnyatāsaptati
gptkb:Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
gptkb:Ratnāvalī
gptkb:Vigrahavyāvartanī
gptkb:Yuktiṣāṣṭika
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:two_truths_doctrine
dependent origination
śūnyatā (emptiness)
gptkbp:region gptkb:South_India
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:school gptkb:Mahāyāna_Buddhism
gptkbp:title Ācārya
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Madhyamaka
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nagarjunakonda
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7