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The present paper provides a critical edition of basic verses of Madhyamakāvatāra chapter 6. The verses are extracted from the Sanskrit manuscript of the Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya preserved at Potala Palace. The Madhyamakāvatāra is one of Candrakīrti’s major works and clearly establishes his own doctrinal position. Chapter 6 (about two-thirds of the entire text) contains most important doctrinal discussions of the work.
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added in
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Amṛtakaṇikoddyotanibandha = Āryamañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti with Amṛtakaṇikā-ṭippaṇī by Bhikṣu Raviśrījñāna and Amṛtakaṇikodyota-nibandha (sic) of Vibhūticandra, edited by Banarsi Lal (Bibliotheca Indo-Tibetica 30), Sarnath: Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, 1994
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confer
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Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā = Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva with the Commentary Pañjikā of Prajñākaramati, edited by P.L. Vaidya (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts 12), Darbhanga: Mithila Institute, 1960
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emended
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Lakṣaṇaṭīkā Sanskrit Notes on the Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya Chaper VI, edited by Yonezawa Yoshiyasu, Journal of Naritasan Institute for Buddhist Studies No.36, Naritasan Shinshoji, 2013
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manuscript
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no equivalent in
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Prasannapadā = Mūlamadhyamakakārikās de Nāgārjuna avec la Prasannapadā Commentairede Candrakīrti, edited by Louis de la Vallée Poussin, Bibliotheca Buddhica IV, St. Petersburg, 1903–1913
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Subhāṣitasaṃgraha, edited by Cecil Bendall, M.A., Louvain, 1905
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Tibetan translation
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virāma
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contain deleted akṣara(s)
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contain emendational addition
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unclear/damaged akṣara(s) in the manuscript
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Akṣara(s) inserted by the scribe in the manuscript
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Akṣara(s) cancelled by the scribe in the manuscript
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illegible part(s) of an akṣara
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one illegible akṣara
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A broken point at the right/left end of the palm leaf
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Xuezhu, L. Madhyamakāvatāra-kārikā Chapter 6. J Indian Philos 43, 1–30 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-014-9227-6
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