Buddhapālita
Sign in to saveBuddhapālita (; , fl. 5th-6th centuries CE) was an Indian Mahayana Buddhist commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva. His Mūlamadhyamaka-vṛtti is an influential commentary to the Mūlamadhyamakakarikā.
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- Bibliotheca Buddhica
- Mulamadhymakavrtti. Tibetische Übersetzung Hrsg. Von Max Walleser
- Buddhapalita's Commentary on Nagarjuna's Middle Way
- Mūlamadhyamakavr̥tti
- Mulamadhymakavrtti
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Buddhapālita (; , fl. 5th-6th centuries CE) was an Indian Mahayana Buddhist commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva. His Mūlamadhyamaka-vṛtti is an influential commentary to the Mūlamadhyamakakarikā.
Buddhapālita's commentarial approach works was criticised by his contemporary Bhāviveka, and then defended by the later Candrakīrti (c. 600–650).
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