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The dispeller of disputes : Nāgārjuna's Vigrahavyāvartanī /

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Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani is one of the most important Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophical texts. Jan Westerhoff offers a new translation, reflecting the best current philological research & all available editions, adding his own commentary on the text.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century
Other Authors: Westerhoff, Jan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Sanskrit.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Nāgārjuna, > active 2nd century. > Vigrahavyāvartanī.
Vigrahavyāvartanī (Nāgārjuna)
Nagardschuna. > Vigrahavyāvartanī.
Mādhyamika (Buddhism) > Early works to 1800.
Mādhyamika (Bouddhisme) > Ouvrages avant 1800.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
Madhyamika.
Electronic books.
Early works
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Text
  • Commentary
  • The status of the theory of emptiness
  • The Madhyamaka dilemma
  • The sound analogy
  • The no-thesis view
  • Epistemology
  • Establishing the epistemic instruments
  • The fire analogy
  • The epistemic instruments as self-established
  • Epistemic instruments and their objects
  • The father-son analogy
  • Summary
  • Intrinsically good things
  • Names without objects
  • Extrinsic substances
  • Negation and existence
  • The mirage analogy
  • Emptiness and reasons
  • Negation and temporal relations.