A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.306
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.306
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Buddhāpālita and Bhāvaviveka (or Bhavya),² who belong to the school of Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva and wrote commentaries on their works, lived and worked at the beginning of the 5th century A.D. Buddhapālita is the founder of the Prāsaṅgika school, which followed the method of leading an opponent *ad absurdum*, whilst Bhāvaviveka founded the Svātantra school, which seeks to prove the correctness of the Mādhyamika doctrines by means of independent (svatantra) arguments. Their works have come down only in Tibetan translations.