[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1923) › c19.s2.44 # Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c19.s2.44 Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c19.s2.44 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1923.c19.s2.44) Of later works importance attaches to the \*Madhyamākavatāra\*² of Candrakīrti (sixth century A. D.) the commentator on Nāgārjuna’s Kārikās, and to the \*Çikṣāsamuccaya\*³ and \*Bodhicaryāvatāra\*⁴ of Çāntideva, who lived probably in the seventh century A. D. The former of Çāntideva’s works is in the main a mass of citations, often of some length, from texts not otherwise available to us in Sanskrit form; the latter is a poem of great religious merit, worthy of comparison in its own way with the \*Imitatio Christi\*. In a sense it is a \*tour de force\*, for the author is devoutly convinced of the nothingness of things, but his philosophy does not forbid him to exhibit a fervour of pious devotion. It is accompanied by a comment by Prajñākaramati, which contains valuable notices bearing on the text. - [Previous: c19.s2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1923.c19.s2.43) - [Next: c19.s2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1923.c19.s2.45) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1923.c19.s2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Madhyamakāvatāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.madhyamaka.madhyamakavatara) — Candrakīrti, Sanskrit - [Bodhicaryāvatāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara) — Śāntideva, Sanskrit - [Śikṣāsamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.siksasamuccaya) — Śāntideva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1923.c19.s2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1923.c19.s2.44) · Pramāṇa