The Madhyamika karika witness to the historicity of its author, Nagarjuna, the great Buddhist philosopher who extolled the trajectory of Prajnaparamita. He wrote the Karika in order to expose the basic teaching of the Prajnaparamita-sutras. Recent archaeological discoveries in Amaravati corroborate to some extent the general facts about the life of Nagarjuna in the traditional biographies that agree. Born into a Brahmin family in Andhradesa in Vedalia. Based on the Chinese author Tao-an (AD568) and has Kumarjivas and date for the Nirvana of Buddha 'and other material Hakaju Japanese scholar concluded that Nagarjuna lived about 113-213 AD The fact that their friendship Satakarni Satavahana a Gautamiputra King (130-150 AD) and having spent the last part of his career in the monastery built for him by the king in Bhramaragiri (Sriparvata). The Manjuasrimulakalpa and Tibetan sources claim that Nagarjuna had reformed the Amaravati stupa, closed and decorated with the help of this king. Sriparvata were Dhanyakataka and activity centers. Rajatarangini 11th century treats it as a contemporary of Kanishka.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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