Nagarjuna (Madhyamaka philosopher)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nagarjuna_(Madhyamaka_philosopher)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:philosopher gptkb:writer Buddhist monk Madhyamaka school founder
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Nalanda_University
gptkbp:birthDate	c. 150 CE
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:India gptkb:Andhra_Pradesh gptkb:Vidarbha
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhists Indian philosophers 2nd-century philosophers Buddhist philosophers Founders of religions
gptkbp:dateOfDeath	c. 250 CE
gptkbp:debatedBy	Hindu philosophers Buddhist Abhidharma scholars
gptkbp:floruit	2nd century CE
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	gptkb:Second_Buddha
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Nagarjuna (Madhyamaka philosopher)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Zen_Buddhism gptkb:Aryadeva gptkb:Chandrakirti gptkb:Nagarjuna_(alchemist) Tibetan Buddhism
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Prajnaparamita_Sutras
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:legacy	founder of Madhyamaka school influenced Buddhist philosophy in India, Tibet, China, and Japan major figure in Mahayana Buddhism
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Śūnyatāsaptati gptkb:Mūlamadhyamakakārikā gptkb:Ratnāvalī gptkb:Vigrahavyāvartanī gptkb:Yuktiṣāṣṭika Suhrllekha
gptkbp:philosophy	gptkb:two_truths_doctrine dependent origination śūnyatā (emptiness)
gptkbp:placeOfDeath	gptkb:Andhra_Pradesh
gptkbp:region	gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:schoolOfThought	gptkb:Madhyamaka
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:Nagarjuna's_Catuhstava numerous commentaries in Buddhist tradition
gptkbp:teacherOf	gptkb:Aryadeva
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nagarjuna_(tantric_master)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7