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Some sources ( Bu-ston and the other Tibetan historians) claim that in his later years, Nāgārjuna lived on the mountain of Śrīparvata near the city that would later be called Nāgārjunakoṇḍa ("Hill of Nāgārjuna"). [24] [25] The ruins of Nāgārjunakoṇḍa are located in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao (born 29 August 1959), known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted predominantly in Telugu cinema, along with a few Hindi and Tamil films. He received two National Film Awards namely, for Ninne Pelladata (1996), which he produced won the Best Feature Film in Telugu and a Special Mention as actor for Annamayya (1997); ten state Nandi Awards, and three Filmfare Awards South.
Nagarjuna (flourished 2nd century ce) was an Indian Buddhist philosopher who articulated the doctrine of emptiness ( shunyata) and is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamika (“Middle Way”) school, an important tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy.
Feb 10, 2010 · Nāgārjuna. First published Wed Feb 10, 2010; substantive revision Sat May 21, 2022. There is unanimous agreement that Nāgārjuna (ca 150–250 CE) is the most important Buddhist philosopher after the historical Buddha himself and one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of Indian philosophy.
Mar 5, 2024 · Nagarjuna wrote as a Buddhist monk and a proponent of the Mahayana school, which stressed the concept of the bodhisattva, or one who aspires to be a Buddha; in several of his writings, he defended the Mahayana sutras as the Buddha's true words.
Nagarjuna (c. 150—c. 250) Often referred to as “the second Buddha” by Tibetan and East Asian Mahayana (Great Vehicle) traditions of Buddhism, Nagarjuna offered sharp criticisms of Brahminical and Buddhist substantialist philosophy, theory of knowledge, and approaches to practice. Nagarjuna’s philosophy represents something of a ...
Nāgārjuna (c. 150 – c. 250 CE) is widely considered one of the most important Mahayana philosophers. His writings, along with those of his disciple Āryadeva, are the foundational texts of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Oct 22, 2023 · Nagarjuna, an eminent figure in Buddhist philosophy, was a sage and scholar who lived around the 2nd or 3rd century CE in India. He is widely recognized as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
Oct 25, 2017 · Nagarjuna (ca. 2nd century C.E.) was among the greatest patriarchs of Mahayana Buddhism. Many Buddhists consider Nagarjuna to be a "Second Buddha." His development of the doctrine of sunyata, or emptiness, was a significant milestone in Buddhist history. However, little is known about his life.
Buddhist philosopher from the first or second century (CE) in South Asia. Nāgārjuna’s thought revolves around a critique of “essence” (svabhāva), and his critique results in the claim that all entities are “empty” (śūnya), in that they lack any such essence. For Nāgārjuna, this lack of essence, which he calls “emptiness ...
