Madhyamika (English spelling)

Japanese: Mādhyamika(英語表記)Madhyamika
Madhyamika (English spelling)

…One of the two major schools of philosophy in Indian Mahayana Buddhism, it asserts that all beings have no inherent essence (non-self-nature) and are empty. In Sanskrit it is called Mādhyamika. It was founded by Nagarjuna, who lived in the 1st or 2nd century, and the school takes its name from his major work, Madhyamaka-karika. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Mādhyamika" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インド大乗仏教二大哲学学派の一つで,すべての存在はその固有の本質をもたず(無自性),空であると主張する。サンスクリットでマーディヤミカMādhyamikaという。1~2世紀の竜樹(ナーガールジュナ)を開祖とし,その主著《中論》より学派名を得る。…

※「Mādhyamika」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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