Śūnyatāsaptati
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Śūnyatāsaptati is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise by Nāgārjuna that systematically expounds the doctrine of emptiness (śūnyatā) in seventy verses.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist philosophical treatise
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Madhyamaka text ⓘ |
| aim |
clarification of the meaning of emptiness
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defense of the middle way free from extremes ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
conventional truth
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two truths doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ ultimate truth ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Candrakīrti (as later interpreter)
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Tsongkhapa (as later interpreter) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Nāgārjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Nāgārjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | important Madhyamaka root text ⓘ |
| commentarialTradition |
Indian Madhyamaka commentaries
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Tibetan scholastic commentaries ⓘ |
| genre |
kārikā text
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śāstra ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian Buddhist thought
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Indian Madhyamaka exegesis ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainDoctrine |
emptiness
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śūnyatā ⓘ |
| numberOfVerses | 70 ⓘ |
| period | circa 2nd–3rd century CE (attributional dating via Nāgārjuna) ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
dependent origination
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non-substantiality of phenomena ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
dialectical analysis
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reductio ad absurdum arguments (prasaṅga) ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka (later classification) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservation |
Tibetan translation
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partial Sanskrit witnesses (fragmentary/quoted) ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
East Asia
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India NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
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Vigrahavyāvartanī NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuktiṣaṣṭikā NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Tibetan monastic curricula ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
analysis of emptiness of persons
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analysis of emptiness of phenomena ⓘ refutation of intrinsic nature (svabhāva) ⓘ relation between emptiness and dependent arising ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Seventy Verses on Emptiness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| verseForm | metrical verses ⓘ |
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