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'''Buddhapalita''' (Tib. ''sangyé kyang''; [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas bskyangs'') - the great Indian scholar who is acknowledged as the founder of the [[Prasangika Madhyamika]].
'''Buddhapalita''' (Skt. ''Buddhapālita''; Tib. [[སངས་རྒྱས་བསྐྱངས་]], ''Sangyé Kyang''; [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas bskyangs'') - the great Indian scholar who is acknowledged as the founder of the [[Prasangika Madhyamika]]. He composed a commentary to [[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Mulamadhyamaka-karika]]'', known simply as the ''Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti'', or the 'Buddhapalita' commentary.
 
==Further Reading==
*David Seyfort Ruegg, ''The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India'', Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981
*Lobsang N. Tsonawa, ''Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History'', Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.


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Revision as of 12:24, 1 February 2011

Buddhapalita

Buddhapalita (Skt. Buddhapālita; Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་བསྐྱངས་, Sangyé Kyang; Wyl. sangs rgyas bskyangs) - the great Indian scholar who is acknowledged as the founder of the Prasangika Madhyamika. He composed a commentary to Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika, known simply as the Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti, or the 'Buddhapalita' commentary.

Further Reading

  • David Seyfort Ruegg, The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981
  • Lobsang N. Tsonawa, Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.