Piṅgala
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Piṅgala (C. Qingmu 青目).[1][2] A fourth century Indian scholar who wrote a commentary on Nagarjunaʼs Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.[2] He is mentioned in the preface to that work by Sengrui.[2]
Piṅgala's commentary is included in the Zhong lun ("The Middle Treatise"), along with Kumarajiva's translation of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and Kumarajiva's own notes.[1]
Piṅgala was regarded by the Sanlun zong as their sixth patriarch.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. San lun zong.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
青目, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
