Three stages in the history of Indian Buddhism are marked by the names of Aśvaghosha, Nâgârjuna and the two brothers Asanga and Vasubandhu.
Footnote 14: Eminent doctors such as Nâgârjuna and Asanga are often described as Bodhisattvas just as eminent Hindu teachers, e.
Footnote 215: For other works attributed to Nâgârjuna see Nanjio, Nos.
It contains a prophecy about Nâgârjuna and another which mentions the Guptas, and it appears to allude to the domination of the Huns.
Footnote 213: The ascription of these works to Nâgârjuna is probably correct for they were translated by Kumârajîva who was sufficiently near him in date to be in touch with good tradition.
In Nâgârjuna and the Lankâvatâra it has acquired the sense of illusion.
The most powerful exponent of this doctrine was Nâgârjuna (1OO A.
Later Buddhistic writers like Nâgârjuna and Candrakîrtti took advantage of this attitude of early Buddhism and interpreted it as meaning the non-essential character of all existence.
We could interpret any reference to S'ûnyavâda as pointing to Nâgârjuna only if his special phraseology or dialectical methods were referred to in any way.
There is no reason to suppose that the works of Nâgârjuna were better known to the Hindu writers than the Mahâyâna sûtras.
The doctrines of this work and of Nâgârjuna may be conveniently if not quite correctly contrasted as pantheistic and nihilistic.
He was reputed to have been the teacher of Nâgârjuna and a great magician.
In this there may be a kernel of truth but otherwise the extant accounts of Nâgârjuna are too legendary to permit of historical deductions.
Buddhism already identified themselves with the sorcery which demoralized late Indian Mahayanism may be doubted, but tradition certainly ascribes to Nâgârjuna this corrupting mixture of metaphysics and magic.
Aryadeva the successor of Nâgârjuna was a southerner and the legends told of him recall certain Dravidian myths.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rjuna" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
