The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2376 page)
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(Skt.,
nyat
, ‘emptiness’, +
v
din
, ‘teacher of’). Loosely used to denote a follower of the philosophy of
N
g
rjuna
. The term first occurs in the
Vijñ
nak
ya
, an
Abhidharma
text of the
Sarv
stiv
dins
where a
nyat
v
din is described as someone who holds that the concept of person (
pudgala
) is empty (
nya
nyat, ‘emptiness’, +v
din, ‘teacher of’). Loosely used to denote a follower of the philosophy of
N
grjuna. The term first occurs in the
Vijñ
nakya, an
Abhidharma
text of the
Sarv
stivdinswhere a
nyatvdin is described as someone who holds that the concept of person (pudgala
) is empty (
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