A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.250

v2.c19.s6.t4.250

Many works are ascribed to Āryadeva.³ His most famous work is Catuḥ-Śataka,⁴ which, like the Mādhyamika-Sūtra, consists of 400 Kārikās. With Candrakīrti's commentary, it belongs to the fundamental works of the Mādhyamika school. Deva defends Nāgārjuna's doctrines not only as against other Buddhist schools, but also against Brahmanical systems, especially the Vaiśeṣikas. The importance of distinguishing between the two kinds of knowledge, is very emphatically brought out by Āryadeva in these verses: