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Bh
vaviveka
(also ‘Bh
vya’ and ‘Bh
viveka’;
vaviveka(also ‘Bh
vya’ and ‘Bhviveka’;c.
500–70 CE).
Major Indian philosopher of the
Madhyamaka
school of Buddhism.
A major mark of Bh
vaviveka's thought is the division of reality into ultimate truth (
param
rthasatya
) and conventional truth (
samv
tisatya
), by which self-existence (
svabh
va
) is asserted as a conventional truth but not as an ultimate one.
Bh
vaviveka's principal works are the
Prajñ
prad
pa
(Light of Wisdom), which is a commentary on
N
g
rjuna's
Mulamadhyamak
karik
s
, and the
Madhyamakah
dayak
rik
s
500–70 CE).
Major Indian philosopher of the
Madhyamaka
school of Buddhism.
A major mark of Bh
vaviveka's thought is the division of reality into ultimate truth (param
rthasatya) and conventional truth (
samv
tisatya), by which self-existence (
svabh
va) is asserted as a conventional truth but not as an ultimate one.
Bh
vaviveka's principal works are thePrajñ
pradpa(Light of Wisdom), which is a commentary on
N
grjuna'sMulamadhyamak
kariks, and the
Madhyamakah
dayakriksOther books
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