Written work
The Four Hymns (Catuḥstava)
चतुःस्तव (Catuḥstava): Lokātītastava, Acintyastava, Niraupamyastava, Paramārthastava
Hymns of praise to the Buddha written in the language of emptiness: the Buddha is praised for being "beyond the world", "inconceivable", "incomparable" and for the ultimate truth he teaches. They show a devotional side of the philosopher and a poetic way of expounding the absence of intrinsic nature.
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Authorship note
Lindtner regards at least the Lokātītastava and the Acintyastava as authentic; which four hymns make up the collection is debated (as the SEP notes). They survive in Sanskrit and Tibetan.
Editions and translations
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English
Master of Wisdom: Writings of the Buddhist Master Nāgārjuna
Dharma Publishing, 1986
Translation: Christian Lindtner
ISBN 9780898001396
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Other works by Nāgārjuna
- Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way · 190
- The Dispeller of Disputes (Vigrahavyāvartanī)
- Seventy Verses on Emptiness
- Sixty Verses on Reasoning
- Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakaraṇa)
- Proof of Convention (lost)
- Precious Garland (Ratnāvalī)
- Letter to a Friend (Suhṛllekha)
- Verses on the Heart of Dependent Origination
- Compendium of Sūtras
- Treatise on the Requisites of Awakening
- Commentary on the Awakening Mind
- Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom
- Commentary on the Ten Stages
- Twelve Gate Treatise
- Akutobhayā ("Fearless" commentary on the Verses)
- Twenty Verses on the Great Vehicle
- Treatise of One Verse
- Heart of Means Treatise
- Hymn to the Dharmadhātu
- Treatise on Transition between Existences
- The Staff of Wisdom (maxims)
- Compendium of Doctrinal Terms
- The Five Stages (Pañcakrama)
- Rasaratnākara (alchemical treatise)
- Yogaśataka (a hundred medical formulas)
Sources
- Lindtner, Christian. Nagarjuniana: Studies in the Writings and Philosophy of Nāgārjuna. Copenhague: Akademisk Forlag, 1982 (Indiske Studier 4); reimpr. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1987. ISBN 9788750023852.
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