Buddhist saint and philosopher who lived in the first to second century C.E., famous for his doctrine of the "Middle Path"
Nagarjuna was the first Buddhist thinker who attempted to systematize Buddhist belief. He wrote extensive commentaries on the the Prajna-Paramita Sutra. He probably lived during the second century ce. Although he founded a Mahayana school, the Madhyamikas, his systematization was much more important, being used by many Mahayana schools and as one of the intellectual bases of Vajrayana Buddhism.
one of the original disciples of the Buddha
Proper name, after an Indian guru whose teachings influenced Tibetan Buddhism.
Second to 3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher.
(Sanskrit) The second century AD Indian Buddhist philosopher who propounded the Madhyamaka philosophy of emptiness.
(Skt.): Great Indian Buddhist Master who revived the MAHAYANA in the 1st. century AD, after its' virtual disappearance, by bringing to light the Perfection of Wisdom #S.
The Indian Buddhist philosopher who was born about four hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, was said to have lived for six hundred years, and founded the Madhyamaka School of Buddhist philosophy.
( Skt.): The 2nd century Indian philosopher who founded the madhyamika school of emptiness, which systematized the prajnaparamita teachings. Nargajuna's many texts are still of great importance today.
NÄgÄrjuna (klu sgrub in Tibetan, నాగారà±à°œà±à°¨ in Telugu, é¾æ¨¹ in Chinese) (c. 150 - 250 AD) was an Indian philosopher, the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of MahÄyÄna Buddhism, and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after the Gautama Buddha himself.
Nagarjuna was an Indian metallurgist and alchemist, born at Fort Daihak near Somnath in Gujarat in 931. He wrote the treatise Rasaratnakara that deals with preparations of rasa (mercury) compounds. It gives a survey of the status of metallurgy and alchemy in the land.
