Nagarjuna (English spelling)

Japanese: Nāgārjuna(英語表記)Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna (English spelling)

…Years of birth and death unknown. His Sanskrit name is Nāgārjuna. He was a Brahmin from South India. At a young age, he learned all kinds of things, and by using the art of invisibility, he entered the harem and enjoyed all the pleasures he could, but according to the Biography of Bodhisattva Nagarjuna, he realized that desire is the cause of suffering and became a monk.

From [Ryuto]

…A person who lived between 150 and 250. His Sanskrit name was Nagarjuna, and he is also translated as Nagarjuna. He is considered to be the same person as Nagarjuna, who laid the foundations of Mahayana Buddhism and is the father of the eight schools of Buddhism in China and Japan. He is called Ryumou in the field of esoteric Buddhism in particular, and is respected as the person who first popularized esoteric Buddhism in the world.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Nāgārjuna" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生没年不詳。サンスクリット名をナーガールジュナNāgārjunaという。南インドのバラモン出身で,若くしていっさいの学問に通じ,隠身の術により後宮に入って快楽を尽くしたが,欲望は苦の原因であると悟って出家したと《竜樹菩薩伝》に伝えられている。…

【竜猛】より

…150‐250年ころの人。サンスクリット名ナーガールジュナNāgārjuna,竜樹とも訳される。大乗仏教の基礎を築き,中国,日本における八宗派の祖ともいうべき竜樹と同一人物とされ,とくに密教の方面で竜猛と呼ばれ,密教を初めて世に流布させた人として尊重される。…

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