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The dialectical method of Nāgārjuna = Vigrahavyāvartanī

✍ Scribed by Johnston, Edward Hamilton; Kunst, Arnold; Nāgārjuna; Bhattacharya, Kamaleswar

Publisher
Motilal Banarsidass
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Leaves
118
Edition
2nd ed. (rev. and enl.).
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Though only a minor work in form s regards its contexts the Vigrahavyavartani is a fundamental text of Madhyamaka as well as of the early Indian dialectical tradition. Not only does it admirably illustrate the dialectical method followed by Nagarjuna the founder of the school but it also clarifies the idea of Voidness which has been so often misunderstood not only in modern times and abroad but in India itself and in Nagarjuna`s own time. Long lost in India this text was frotunately discovered by Rahula Sankrtyayana in a Tibetan monastery.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Translation and Notes

Abbreviations and bibliographical references

Index of the significant Nyäya technical terms used in the Vigrahavyavartani

Index of uncommon words

Index of the ancient authorities quoted in the Introduction and in the Notes

TEXT

Preface

Introduction

Abbreviations

Text of the Vigrahavyàvartani

Index of kärikäs

✦ Subjects

Mādhyamika (Buddhism)

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