The Problem of the Historical Nāgārjuna Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3967556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Mabbett (0000-0003-2959-1716, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 332 |
| Publication date | 1998-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/606062 |
| OpenAlex | W2322645704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Nāgārjuna, the founder of Madhyamaka, is an enigma. Scholars are unable to agree upon a date for him (within the first three centuries A.D.), or a place (almost anywhere in India), or even the number of Nāgārjunas (from one to four). This article suggests that none of the commonly advanced arguments about his date or habitat can be proved ; that later Nāgārjunas are more likely to have been (in some sense) the authors of pseudepigrapha than real individuals; that the most attractive (though unproved) reading of the evidence sets Nāgārjuna in the general area of the Andhra country in about the third century A.D
Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |