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Mahayana scholar of the Madhyamaka school

Candrakīrti

0600–0650, born South India, writes in Sanskrit, writer, translator

Chandrakirti or “Chandra” was a Buddhist scholar of the Madhyamaka school who was based out of the monastery of Nalanda. He was a noted commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and those of his main disciple, Aryadeva. He wrote two influential works on Madhyamaka, the Prasannapadā and the Madhyamakāvatāra.

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