ENGLISHSANSKRITSASKTA

The dialectical method of Nāgārjuna = Vigrahavyāvartanī

By Johnston , Edward Hamilton; Kunst , Arnold; Nāgārjuna; Bhattacharya , Kamaleswar

Book information

Publisher
Motilal Banarsidass
Year
1986
ISBN
9788120801769, 8120801768, 9788120802155, 8120802152
Language
englishsanskritsaskta
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3617470 bytes)
Edition
2nd ed. (rev. and enl.).
Pages
146\118
Topic
Religion Buddhism
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-05-31 22:02:59
Mādhyamika (Buddhism)

Description

Though only a minor work in form s regards its contexts the Vigrahavyavartani is a fundamental text of Madhyamaka as well as of the early Indian dialectical tradition. Not only does it admirably illustrate the dialectical method followed by Nagarjuna the founder of the school but it also clarifies the idea of Voidness which has been so often misunderstood not only in modern times and abroad but in India itself and in Nagarjuna`s own time. Long lost in India this text was frotunately discovered by Rahula Sankrtyayana in a Tibetan monastery.

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