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Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya, Chapters 1 to 5.

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This book contains a critical Sanskrit edition of the first fivechapters of the Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya, a work that presents the steps of the path to full Awakening according to the "GreatVehicle" of Buddhism. The author of the work, the Indian scholar Candrakīrti (circa A.D. 570-650)...

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Main Author: Lasic, Horst (auth)
Other Authors: Li, Xueshue (auth), MacDonald, Anne (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2022
Subjects:
Buddhism, Madhyamaka, philosophy, religion, Sanskrit
ÖFOS 2012 > HUMANITIES (6) > Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (603) > Religion, Religious Studies not elsewhere classified (6039) > Buddhism (603902)
ÖFOS 2012 > HUMANITIES (6) > Linguistics and Literature (602) > Linguistics and Literature (6020) > Indology (602018)
Buddhismus, Madhyamaka, Philosophie, Religion, Sanskrit
ÖFOS 2012 > GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) > Philosophie, Ethik, Religion (603) > Sonstige Religion, Religionswissenschaften (6039) > Buddhismus (603902)
ÖFOS 2012 > GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (602) > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (6020) > Indologie (602018)
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Summary:This book contains a critical Sanskrit edition of the first fivechapters of the Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya, a work that presents the steps of the path to full Awakening according to the "GreatVehicle" of Buddhism. The author of the work, the Indian scholar Candrakīrti (circa A.D. 570-650), is one of the most important representatives of the Madhyamaka, the "Middle Way," school-one of the two main schools of the Great Vehicle-which wasfounded by Nāgārjuna in the second or third century.
Dieses Buch beinhaltet eine kritische und eine diplomatischeTextausgabe der ersten fünf Kapitel des in Sanskrit verfassten Werkes Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya, das die Stufen am Weg zurErleuchtung gemäß des "Großen Fahrzeugs" des Buddhismus darstellt. Der Verfasser dieses Werkes, Candrakīrti (etwa 570-650), ist einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter einer der beidenHauptrichtungen des "Großen Fahrzeugs", nämlich des vonNagarjuna im zweiten oder dritten Jahrhundert begründeten Madhyamaka, des "Mittleren Weges".
ISBN:978-3-7001-8700-4
Access:Open Access

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