MADHYAMIKA

Meaning of MADHYAMIKA in English

/mahd yu"mi keuh/ , n. Buddhism.

a school of philosophy, of A.D. c200, that attempted a reconciliation with Hinayana from a Mahayana position.

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MADHYAMIKA — School in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Its name means "middle" and derives from its middle position between the realism of …
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MADHYAMIKA — mädˈ(h)yəmə̇kə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit mādhyamika, from madhyama middle, superlative of madhya middle — more …
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MADHYAMIKA — (Sanskrit: Intermediate), important school in the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhist tradition. Its name derives from its having sought a middle …
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MADHYAMIKA — School in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Its name means "middle" and derives from its middle position between the realism of …
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YOGACARA — or Vijnanavada Idealistic school of Mahayana Buddhism. It rejects the complete realism of Theravada Buddhism and the practical realism of …
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VAJRAYANA — Form of tantric Buddhism that emerged in India in the first millennium AD and spread to Tibet, where it is …
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TIBETAN BUDDHISM — Form of Mahayana Buddhism that evolved from the 7th century in Tibet. Based on Madhyamika and Yogacara philosophies, it incorporates …
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NAGARJUNA — born 150 died с 250 Indian monk and philosopher, founder of the Madhyamika school of Buddhism. Born into a Brahman …
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MADHYAMAKA — noun see madhyamika 1
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YOGACARA — ˌyōgəˈkärə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit yogācāra, from yoga + ācāra custom, rule of conduct — …
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SUNYATA — ˈshu̇nyəˌtä noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit śūnyatā, literally, emptiness, void, from śūnya empty, void 1. Buddhism : the nonexistence …
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SANRON — ˈsänˌrōn noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Japanese : a Japanese Buddhist school founded in A.D. 625 and …
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SUNYATA — in Buddhist philosophy, the voidness that constitutes ultimate reality; sunyata is seen not as a negation of existence but rather …
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SAMVRTI-SATYA — (Sanskrit: the empirical truth), in Buddhist thought, the truth based on the common understanding of ordinary people. It refers to …
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PRAJAPTI — (Sanskrit"designation by provisional naming") Pali Paatti in Buddhist philosophy, the denotation of a thing by a word. The concept of …
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NISPRAPANCA — (Sanskrit), in the Madhyamika and Vijanavada schools of Buddhist philosophy, ultimate reality. See prajapti.
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NIPPAPACA — (Pali), in the Madhyamika and Vijanavada schools of Buddhist philosophy, ultimate reality. See prajapti.
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CREATION MYTH — also called Cosmogonic Myth, a symbolic narrative of the beginning of the world as understood in a particular tradition and …
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YOGACARA — ( (Sanskrit: Practice of Yoga ), ) also called Vijanavada (Doctrine of Consciousness), an important idealistic school of Mahayana Buddhism. …
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VAJRAYANA — ( (Sanskrit: Vehicle of the Diamond [or Thunderbolt]), ) also called Tantric Buddhism, important development within Buddhism in India and …
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TIBETAN BUDDHISM — also called (incorrectly) Lamaism, distinctive form of Buddhism that evolved from the 7th century AD in Tibet. It is based …
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SANRON — school of Japanese Buddhism derived, by way of China, from the Indian Madhyamika school. See Madhyamika.
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SAN-LUN — school of Chinese Buddhism derived from the Indian Madhyamika school. See Madhyamika.
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PRAJAPARAMITA — (Sanskrit: "Perfection of Wisdom"), body of sutras and their commentaries that represents the oldest of the major forms of Mahayana …
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NAGARJUNA — born AD 150 died c. 250 Indian Buddhist monk-philosopher and founder of the Madhyamika (Middle Path) school whose clarification of …
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MULAMADHYAMAKAKARIKA — (Sanskrit: Fundamentals of the Middle Way), Buddhist text by Nagarjuna, the exponent of the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of Mahayana …
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KUMARAJIVA — born 343/344 died 413 Buddhist scholar and seer, famed for his encyclopaedic knowledge of Indian and Vedantic learning. He is …
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INDIAN PHILOSOPHY — the systems of thought and reflection that were developed by the civilizations of the Indian subcontinent. Three basic concepts form …
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YOGACARA — or Vijnanavada Idealistic school of Mahayana Buddhism. It rejects the complete realism of Theravada Buddhism and the practical realism of …
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VAJRAYANA — Form of tantric Buddhism that emerged in India in the first millennium AD and spread to Tibet, where it is …
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NAGARJUNA — born 150 died 0441; 250 Indian monk and philosopher, founder of the Madhyamika school of Buddhism. Born into a Brahman …
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