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Nagarjuna

British  
/ ˌnæɡɑːˈdʒuːnə /

noun

  1. 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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Located in a hilly forested area, it passes through the Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam tiger reserve which is the largest in India.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2025

“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

For instance, Mahamaya-sutra says that Acvaghosa would refute heretical doctrines 600 years after the Master, and Nagarjuna would advocate the Dharma 700 years after Gotama, while Lankavatara-sutra prophesies that Nagarjuna would appear in South India.

From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Nukariya, Kaiten

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