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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.

3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher

Born	c. 150
Died	c. 250

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Golden zephyr

by Nagarjuna First published in 1961 — 14 editions
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Buddhist advice for living & liberation: Nāgārjuna's precious garland

by Nagarjuna First published in 1970 — 9 editions
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The Dharma-samgraha

by Nagarjuna First published in 1885 — 9 editions

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The fundamental wisdom of the middle way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

by Nagarjuna First published in 1970 — 7 editions

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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

by Nagarjuna First published in 1985 — 5 editions

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A drop of nourishment for people

by Nagarjuna First published in 1961 — 3 editions

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The Madhyamakasastram of Nagarjuna

by Raghunath Pandeya and Nagarjuna First published in 1988 — 3 editions

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A strand of dharma jewels: a bodhisattva's profound teachings on happiness, liberation, and the path

by Nagarjuna First published in 1992 — 3 editions

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Chungnon: Madhyamaka-Śāstra

by Nagarjuna First published in 1993 — 3 editions

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Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime

by Stephen Batchelor and Nagarjuna First published in 2000 — 3 editions

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Dundazh u̇zliĭn ukhaany chuulgan

by Nagarjuna First published in 2002 — 2 editions

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Mādhyamika treatises of Nāgārjuna.

by Nagarjuna First published in 1980 — 2 editions

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Ston pa bcom ldan ʾdas la mdzad pa bcu gñis kyi sgo nas bstod pa bźugs so.

by Nagarjuna First published in 1972 — 2 editions

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Vigrahavyāvarttanī: svopajñavr̥ttisahitā

by Nagarjuna First published in 1937 — 2 editions

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ʾJu Mi-pham gyi sman yig gces btus

by Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso and Nagarjuna First published in 2006 — 2 editions

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

by Nagarjuna First published in 1982 — 2 editions

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The commentary of manners called the tree of wisdom =: Slob-dpon Klu-sgrub kyis mdzad paʼi lugs kyi [b]stan bcos śes rab sdoṅ bu źes bya ba bźugs so

by Nagarjuna First published in 1919 — 2 editions

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Nāgārjuna's refutation of logic (Nyāya) =: Vaidalyaprakaraṇa = Źib mo rnam par ḥthag pa źes bya baḥi rab tu byed pa : edition of the Tibetan text, English translation and commentary, with introduction and notes

by Nagarjuna, Fernando Tola, and Carmen Dragonetti First published in 1995 — 2 editions

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The confession of downfalls: The confession sutra, with commentary by Ārya Nāgārjuna ; The practice of Vajrasattva, with sādhana

by Nagarjuna First published in 1993 — 2 editions

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

by Nagarjuna First published in 1913 — 2 editions
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3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher

Born	c. 150
Died	c. 250

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OLID: OL2911834A
BookBrainz: 64942d09-534e-4320-82d9-e839f50e62d0
ISNI: 0000000080880781
Library of Congress Names: n81097126
LibriVox: 4413
VIAF: 8711937
Wikidata: Q171195
Inventaire.io: wd:Q171195

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Acharya Nāgārjuna
Nāgārjuna
Ngrjuna
नागार्जुन
ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་
klu sgrub
龍樹

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