Candrakīrti

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Candrakīrti was a 7th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and commentator renowned for his influential expositions of Madhyamaka (Middle Way) thought, especially through works like the Madhyamakāvatāra.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Candrakīrti canonical 10
Candrakirti 1
Candrakīrti (as later interpreter) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk ⓘ
Indian Buddhist philosopher ⓘ
Madhyamaka philosopher ⓘ
associatedWith Nālandā monastic university ⓘ
linked to: Nalanda
centuryActive 7th century ⓘ
historicalReputation key figure in defining Prāsaṅgika vs Svātantrika distinction ⓘ
major authority for later Tibetan scholasticism ⓘ
influenced Prāsaṅgika interpretation in Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Madhyamaka tradition ⓘ
Tsongkhapa ⓘ
linked to: Je Tsongkhapa
influencedBy Buddhapālita ⓘ
Nāgārjuna ⓘ
linked to: Nagarjuna

Āryadeva ⓘ
knownFor commentaries on Nāgārjuna ⓘ
critique of autonomous syllogisms (svatantra-anumāna) ⓘ
defense of Nāgārjuna’s Madhyamaka ⓘ
exposition of emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ
use of prasaṅga (reductio) arguments ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
Madhyamakāvatāra_subject realization of emptiness ⓘ
stages of the bodhisattva path ⓘ
notableWork Catuḥśataka-ṭīkā ⓘ
Madhyamakāvatāra ⓘ
Madhyamakāvatāra-bhāṣya ⓘ
linked to: Madhyamakāvatāra

Prasannapadā ⓘ
Yuktiṣaṣṭikā-vṛtti ⓘ
linked to: Yuktiṣaṣṭikā

Āryadeva-śataka-ṭīkā ⓘ
linked to: Śata-śāstra
philosophicalDiscipline Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
Epistemology ⓘ
Metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalPosition critique of Yogācāra (Cittamātra) interpretations ⓘ
emphasis on conventional truth in everyday practice ⓘ
interpretation of Madhyamaka as non-assertive ⓘ
rejection of inherent existence (svabhāva) ⓘ
two truths doctrine (conventional and ultimate) ⓘ
linked to: Two Truths doctrine
Prasannapadā_type commentary on Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā ⓘ
region India ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
role commentator on Madhyamaka texts ⓘ
systematizer of Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka ⓘ
school Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka ⓘ
subjectOfCommentaryOn Catuḥśataka ⓘ
linked to: Śata-śāstra

Mūlamadhyamakakārikā ⓘ
Yuktiṣaṣṭikā ⓘ
tradition Madhyamaka ⓘ
viewOnPath bodhisattva path as explained in Madhyamakāvatāra ⓘ
viewOnPractice union of wisdom (prajñā) and compassion (karuṇā) ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nagarjuna → influenced → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Madhyamaka → developedBy → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Indian Buddhism → hasPhilosopher → Candrakirti ⓘ
linked to: Candrakīrti
Tibetan Tengyur → includesWorksBy → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā → commentedBy → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Śūnyatāsaptati → associatedPerson → Candrakīrti (as later interpreter) ⓘ
linked to: Candrakīrti
Bhāviveka → influenced → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Je Tsongkhapa → influencedBy → Chandrakirti ⓘ
linked to: Candrakīrti
Guhyasamāja → keyCommentator → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Āryadeva → influenceOn → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Buddhapālita → influenced → Candrakīrti ⓘ
Two Truths doctrine → interpretedBy → Candrakīrti ⓘ