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- Flourished:
- 5th century
- Flourished:
- c.400 - c.450
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BuddhapÄlita
Buddhist scholar
BuddhapÄlita (flourished 5th century) was the founder of the PrÄsaį¹ gika school of Buddhism, mainly distinguished by its method of argumentation, similar to the Socratic dialogue. BuddhapÄlita wrote one of the early commentaries on the Akutobhaya (āThe Safe Oneā) by the famous monk NÄgÄrjuna. Today, however, both the commentary and the original are available only in Tibetan translations.
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