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Bhāvaviveka's PrajñāpradĪpa

A translation of chapter one: ‘Examination of causal conditions’ (Pratyaya)

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Abbreviations

AK:

TheAbhidharmakoŚa and AbhidharmakoŚabhāsya of Vasubandhu-See AbhidharmakoŚa and Bhāsya of Acdrya Vasubandhu with Sphutārtha Commentary of ācārya YaŚomitra, ed. Swami Dwarikadas Shastri, Bauddha Bharati Series, vols. 5, 6, 7, and 9, Varanasi: Bauddha Bharati, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and The AbhidharmakoŚabhāsyam of Vasubandhu, ed Prahlad Pradhan, Tibetan Sanskrit Works Series, vol. 8, Patna: K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1975 (2nd rev. ed.).Akutobhayā In Dbu ma Tsa: D vol. 1; P vol. 95.

Ava:

Avalokitavrata's PrajñāpradĪpatíkä. Chapters one and two in Dbu ma Wa: D vol. 4; P vol. 96. Chapters three through sixteen (part) in Dbu ma Zha: D vol. 5; P vol. 97; Chapters sixteen (part) through twenty-seven in Dbu ma Za: D vol. 6; P vol. 97.

Bp :

Buddhapālita's Buddhapālita-MŪlamadhyamakavrtti. In Dbu ma Tsa: D vol. 1; P vol. 95 and in Saito (1984).

C:

Co ne edition ofbstan 'gyur, Dbu ma Tsha. Published on microfiche by the Institute for the Advanced Study of World Religions, Stony Brook, New York, 1974. (“C” without further specification refers to PP C.)

D:

Sde Dge Tibetan Tripitaka Bstan Hgyur, Dbu Ma, eds. K. Hayashima, J. Takasaki, Z. Yamaguchi, and Y. Ejima, 17 volumes and index, Tokyo: Sekai Seiten Kanko Kyokai, 1977. (“D” without further specification refers to PP D.)

LVP AK:

L'AbhidharmakoŚa de Vasubandhu, tr. Louis de La Vallée Poussin, 6 volumes, Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1923–31 (reprinted 1971–2 as vol. 16 ofMélanges Chinois et Bouddhiques).

MMK:

Nāgārjuna'sMŪlamadhyamakakārikā. Sanskrit in CPP. Tibetan in Dbu ma Tsa: D vol. 1; P vol. 95 and also inAkutobhayā, Ava, Bp, PP, and PSP.

N:

Snar thang edition of thebstan 'gyur, Dbu ma Tsha. Photocopy of the blockprint in the Royal Library, Copenhagen. (“N” without further specification refers to PP N.)

P:

The Tibetan Tripitaka, Peking Edition, ed. D. T. Suzuki, 168 volumes, Tokyo-Kyoto: Tibetan Tripitaka Research Institute, 1957–61. (“P” without further specification refers to PP P.)

PP:

Bhāvaviveka'sPrajñāpradĪpa. In Dbu ma Tsha: D vol. 2; P vol. 95.

PSP:

CandrakĪrti'sPrasannapadā. Sanskrit inMŪlamadhyamakakārikās de Nāgārjuna avec la Prasannapadā, Commentaire de CandrakĪrti, ed. Louis de La Vallée Poussin, Bibliotheca Buddhica, vol. 4, St. Pétersbourg: Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1913. Tibetan in Dbu ma 'a: D vol. 7; P vol. 98

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Ames, W.L. Bhāvaviveka's PrajñāpradĪpa. J Indian Philos 21, 209–259 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01349401

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