Meaning of "Nagarjuna" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF NAGARJUNA

Nagarjuna  [ˌnæɡɑːˈdʒuːnə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NAGARJUNA

Nagarjuna is a noun.

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WHAT DOES NAGARJUNA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nagarjuna

Nāgārjuna (Sanskrit: नागार्जुन, Telugu: నాగార్జునుడు, Tibetan: ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་, Wylie: klu.sgrub Chinese: 龍樹; pinyin: Lóngshù, 龍樹 (Ryūju?), Sinhala: නාගර්ජුන) (ca. 150–250 CE) is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers after Gautama Buddha. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Nāgārjuna is also credited with developing the philosophy of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras and, in some sources, with having revealed these scriptures in the world, having recovered them from the nāgas (snake-people). Furthermore, he is traditionally supposed to have written several treatises on rasayana alchemy as well as serving a term as the head of Nālandā University.

Definition of Nagarjuna in the English dictionary

The definition of Nagarjuna in the dictionary is c. 150– c. 250 ad, Indian Buddhist monk, founder of the Madhyamika school of Mahayana Buddhism: noted for his philosophical writings.

TRANSLATION OF NAGARJUNA

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The translations of Nagarjuna from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Nagarjuna» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 龙树
• Translator English - Spanish: Nagarjuna
• English: Nagarjuna
• Translator English - Hindi: नागार्जुन
• Translator English - Arabic: ناغارجونا
• Translator English - Russian: Нагарджуна
• Translator English - Portuguese: Nagarjuna
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• Translator English - German: Nagarjuna
• Translator English - Japanese: 龍樹
• Translator English - Korean: Nagarjuna
• Translator English - Javanese: Nagarjuna
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Long Thọ
• Translator English - Tamil: நாகார்ஜூனா
• Translator English - Marathi: नागार्जुन
• Translator English - Turkish: Nagarjuna
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• Translator English - Ukrainian: Нагарджуна
• Translator English - Romanian: Nagarjuna
• Translator English - Greek: Ναγκαρτζούνα
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAGARJUNA»

Discover the use of Nagarjuna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Nagarjuna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of the Middle Way

This is a completely new translation of Nagarjuna's major work, the Mulamadhyamakakarika, accompanied by a detailed annotation of each of the verses.

Nāgārjuna, David J. Kalupahana, 1986

Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: A Philosophical Introduction

Discussing the thought of the 2nd century Indian Buddhist philosopher Nāgārjuna, this book offers a synoptic presentation of the main philosophical topics Nāgārjuna investigates.

Jan Westerhoff, 2009

Nagarjuna's Philosophy: As Presented in the ...

This work is an exposition of the philosophic conceptions basic to Mahayana Buddhsim as found in the Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra a commentary on the Prajnaparamita-sutras and traditionally attributed to Nagarjuna.

K. Venkata Ramanan, 1987

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's ...

An accessible translation of the foundational text for all Mahayana Buddhism, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way offers insight to all those interested in the nature of reality.

Jay L. Garfield, 1995

Nagarjuna in Context: Mahayana Buddhism and Early Indian Culture

While his philosophy has been the subject of numerous studies and translations, Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjunas life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century ce.

Joseph Walser, 2013

Nagarjuna's Seventy Stanzas: A Buddhist Psychology of Emptiness

For almost two thousand years Nagarjuna's teachings have occupied a central position in Mahayana Buddhism.

David Ross Komito, 1987

Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of the ...

This is completely new translation of Nagarjuna's major work, accompanied by a detailed annotation of each of the verses.

Nāgārjuna, David J. Kalupahana, 1991

Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nagarjuna's ...

The resulting translation of this important text will not only be a landmark contribution to the scholarship of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, but will serve as a valuable companion volume to Jay Garfield's highly successful translation of ...

Ngawang Samten, 2006

Ocean of Reasoning : A Great Commentary on Nagarjuna's ...

The resulting translation of this important text will not only be a landmark contribution to the scholarship of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, but will serve as a valuable companion volume to Jay Garfield's highly successful translation of ...

Tsong khapa, 2006

Mahayanavimsaka of Nagarjuna and the Trisvabhavanirdesa of ...

These hard-to-find texts are here brought together for the first time, forming a compact and authoritative sourcebook of the two most influential Buddhist philosophies, Madhyamaka and Yogacara. Included are the Sanskrit and Tibetan texts.

Vidhusekhara Bhattacharya, Sujitkumar Mukhopadhyaya, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NAGARJUNA»

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Nagarjuna Is God's Devotee, Not God

Maybe legendary Akkineni Nageswara Rao is an atheist, but his son Nagarjuna is a staunch believer in God. On that note, he has acted in ... «Gulte, Jul 15»

King Nagarjuna to turn as devotee again?

King Nagarjuna played many devotee based roles in his career. Previously, he played the role of Bhakta Ramadas, Anamayya, Shiridi Sai ... «iluvcinema, Jul 15»

What's special on Nagarjuna's birthday?

Akkineni heroes are busy in the shooting of their respective films. Nagarjuna is busy in the shooting of his forthcoming film 'Soggade Chinni ... «iluvcinema, Jul 15»

Nagarjuna To Play The Role of Hathiram Baba?

Nagarjuna has mastered playing the roles of devotee to gods. As Annamayya a devotee of Lord Sri Venkateshwara and as Bhakta Ramadasu ... «Greatandhra.com, Jul 15»

Akkineni Nagarjuna Plans Smooth Film Career for Chaitu, Akhil

Hyderabad, July 17: Veteran actor Akkineni Nagarjuna is seriously planning for his sons, NagaChaitanya and Akhil's film career to run ... «IndRead, Jul 15»

They're Not Dosth, They're Mithrulu

According to grapevine, the title of Nagarjuna and Karthi's multi-starrer film has been confirmed. Buzz is that the movie has been christened as ... «Gulte, Jul 15»

Skill development progerammes for students in ANU

Acharya Nagarjuna University(ANU) is taking the initiative to host several skill development and personnel training programmes in partnership ... «The Hans India, Jul 15»

Karthi, Nagarjuna Starrer Film Renamed as Mithrulu

The film has Karthi, Nagarjuna and Tamannaah in lead roles. It is said that Shruti Haasan is also playing a pivotal role in the film. In January, a ... «Desimartini, Jul 15»

Nagarjuna Karthi film titled Mithrulu ?

Inspired from French comedy 'The Intouchables', Vamsi Paidipally is directing a bilingual with Nagarjuna and Karthi in the leads. Earlier there ... «IndiaGlitz.com, Jul 15»

Nagarjuna's Business Gets Free Publicity

More than his acting endeavours, Nagarjuna always maintained his stature as a celebrated businessman. He has hotels, racing teams and ... «Gulte, Jul 15»