Nagarjuna

British

/ ˌnæɡɑːˈdʒuːnə /

noun

c. 150– c. 250 _ad , Indian Buddhist monk, founder of the Madhyamika (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism: noted for his philosophical writings

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Nagarjuna is among several farmers here who have been planting saplings of the oil palm tree in their fields this season.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

“It was the need of the hour,” said Akkineni Nagarjuna, a Hyderabad movie star.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2019

The Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre in Kelmarsh, Daventry, will make its inaugural appearance as one of the nation's polling stations and, in Chesterfield, voters will be heading to Spiritualist Centre.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2015

Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. became one of the most profitable publicly listed companies in India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2010

The most celebrated was the Nalanda monastery, founded in the first century by Nagarjuna, which accommodated ten thousand priests, and was enclosed by a wall measuring sixteen hundred feet by four hundred.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John

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