Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
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Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise that systematically expounds the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Buddhist philosophical treatise
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Madhyamaka text ⓘ śāstra ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MMK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
analysis of motion and time
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analysis of self and person ⓘ conceptual analysis of causality ⓘ nirvāṇa and saṃsāra non-duality ⓘ refutation of extremes of eternalism and nihilism ⓘ |
| author | Nāgārjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | foundational text of Madhyamaka school ⓘ |
| centralDoctrine |
middle way
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śūnyatā ⓘ |
| chapterCount | 27 ⓘ |
| commentedBy |
Bhāviveka
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Buddhapālita NERFINISHED ⓘ Candrakīrti NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsongkhapa NERFINISHED ⓘ Śāntideva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreTheme |
dependent origination
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emptiness of all dharmas ⓘ rejection of intrinsic nature (svabhāva) ⓘ two truths doctrine ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical verse treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese Sānlùn tradition
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East Asian Sanlun (Three Treatise) school NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Sanron school NERFINISHED ⓘ Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Svātantrika Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Classical Sanskrit ⓘ |
| meter | anuṣṭubh (śloka) meter ⓘ |
| period | early centuries CE (commonly dated around 2nd–3rd century) ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod | reductio ad absurdum (prasaṅga) ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Chinese Buddhist canon
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Sanskrit manuscripts ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Devanāgarī (in many modern editions) ⓘ |
| structure | 27 chapters (traditional count) ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
epistemology in Buddhist philosophy
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logic and argumentation in Buddhism ⓘ ontology in Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way
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Root Verses on the Middle Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Tibetan monastic debate training
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monastic philosophical curricula ⓘ |
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