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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458172003321

Autore

Tsoṅ-kha-pa Blo-bzaṅ-grags-pa <1357-1419.>

Titolo

Ocean of reasoning [[electronic resource] ] : a great commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / / rJe Tsong khapa ; translated by Geshe Ngawang Samten and Jay L. Garfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-83553-2

0-19-534904-0

1-4294-3841-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (628 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Ngawang Samten

GarfieldJay L. <1955->

Nāgārjuna <2nd cent.>

Disciplina

294.3923

Soggetti

Mādhyamika (Buddhism)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-592) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Translators' Introduction; Tsong khapa's General Outline of the Text; The Text; Appendices; Bibliography; Index of Quotations and Citations; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tsong khapa (14th-century) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history. This work is a commentary on Nagarjuna's ""Mulamadhyamakakarika"" (""Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way""). It discusses alternative readings of the text and prior commentaries and provides a detailed exegesis.