The dispeller of disputes : Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani / translation and commentary by Jan Westerhoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century.

Contributor:

Westerhoff, Jan.

Standardized Title:

Vigrahavyāvartanī. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mādhyamika (Buddhism)--Early works to 1800.

Mādhyamika (Buddhism).

Buddhist philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Text: The Dispeller of Disputes; 3. Commentary; 3.1. The Status of the Theory of Emptiness [1-4, 21-29]; 3.1.1. The Madhyamaka Dilemma [1-2, 21-24]; 3.1.2. The Sound Analogy [3, 25-28]; 3.1.3. The No-thesis View [4, 29]; 3.2. Epistemology [5-6, 30-51]; 3.2.1. Establishing the Epistemic Instruments [5-6, 30-33]; 3.2.2. The Fire Analogy [34-39]; 3.2.3. The Epistemic Instruments as Self-established [40-41]; 3.2.4. Epistemic Instruments and Their Objects [42-48]; 3.2.5. The Father-Son Analogy [49-50]; 3.2.6. Summary [51]; 3.3. Intrinsically Good Things [7-8, 52-56]

3.4. Names without Objects [9, 57-59]3.5. Extrinsic Substances [10, 60]; 3.6. Negation and Existence [11-12, 61-64]; 3.7. The Mirage Analogy [13-16, 65-67]; 3.8. Emptiness and Reasons [17-19, 68]; 3.9. Negation and Temporal Relations [20, 69]; 3.10. Conclusion [70]; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-988982-1

0-19-973270-1

9786612534829

1-282-53482-3

0-19-974545-5

OCLC:

690104995