CANDRAKIRTI

flourished AD 600, 650 principal representative of the Prasangika school of Buddhist logic. Candrakirti wrote the famous commentary the Prasannapada (The Clear Worded) on the thought of the Buddhist sage N agarjuna. Although there were several earlier commentaries explaining Nagarjuna, Candrakirti's became the most authoritative; it is the only one that has been preserved in its original Sanskrit (other commentaries are available only in Tibetan translation).