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Nāgārjuna (c. 150 – c. 250 CE) is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers after Gautama Buddha. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Nāgārjuna is also credited with developing the philosophy of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras and, in some sources, with having revealed these scriptures in the world, having recovered them from the nāgas (water spirits often depicted in the form of serpent-like humans). Furthermore, he is traditionally supposed to have written several treatises on rasayana as well as serving a term as the head of Nālandā.
Nagarjuna or Nagarjun can refer to:
- Nagarjuna, Buddhist teacher of the 3rd century CE
- Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian film actor
- Nagarjuna Power Plant, north of Mangalore
- Nagarjuna Hospital, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
- Nagarjuna High School, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh
- Nagarjun, Indian author
- Nagarjuna (metallurgist), of 10th century India
- Nagarjun, Nepal, a town in Nepal
- Nagarjun (mountain range), bordering Kathmandu Valley
- Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha
Nāgārjuna (नागार्जुन) was an Indian metallurgist and alchemist. Legends recorded by Al-Biruni in the eleventh century say that he was born in the village of Daihak near in Gujarat "one hundred years ago," i.e., at the start of the tenth century. There is much confusion about this author in the secondary literature. A 1984 study of manuscripts and printed editions connected with the alchemist Nāgārjuna found that his name is associated with a work titled Rasendramaṅgala but that the manuscripts of the Rasaratnākara are uniformly ascribed to a different author, Nityanātha Siddha.
Works ascribed in manuscripts to an author called Nāgārjuna include
- Jīvasūtra
- Rasavaiśeṣikasūtra
- Yogaśataka
- Kakṣapuṭa
- Yogaratnamālā
and several other works (Meulenbeld lists over fifty). It is certain that several different authors used the name Nāgārjuna to write works on medicine and alchemy, and that these authors are to be distinguished from the second-century Buddhist philosopher of the same name.
The most recent comprehensive discussion of the complicated text-historical issues connected with the name Nāgārjuna is given in the History of Indian Medical Literature.
Nagarjuna (Kannada: ನಾಗಾರ್ಜುನ) is a 1961 Indian Kannada film, directed by Y. V. Rao and produced by K N Mallikarjuna. The film stars G. Varalakshmi, Sandhya, Harini and Ramadevi in lead roles. The film had musical score by Rajan-Nagendra.