Dear Madhav,
To my knowledge, other than fragmentary quotations from chapter 1 through5,
only chapter 6 has been published in its entirety:
Li Xuazhu
"Madhyamakāvatāra-kārikā, Chapter 6”
JIP 41(3) [2015]: 1-30
Regards,
Paul
> On Jan 21, 2024, at 4:13 PM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear David,
>
> Can you please give me a reference to the publication of the six
> chapters of the Sanskrit text of the Madhyamakāvatāra? Thanks.
>
> Madhav
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
>
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM David and Nancy Reigle via INDOLOGY
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Dear Jan,
>
> Thank you for letting us know about this new book of yours. Regarding the
> series it is published in, you say "These are meant to be read alongside the
> texts themselves." Is there a particular translation of the Madhyamakāvatāra
> that you correlated your book to? The several that I know of were all made
> from the Tibetan translation, before the Sanskrit original was discovered and
> its first six chapters were published. Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Reigle
> Colorado, U.S.A.
>
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 11:37 AM Jan Westerhoff via INDOLOGY
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> some of you might be interested in this new book of mine, which has just
> come out:
>
> Candrakīrti's Introduction to the Middle Way. A Guide.
>
> Oxford University Press 2024, 296 pages, ISBN: 9780197612347.
>
> https://global.oup.com/academic/product/candrakrtis-introduction-to-the-middle-way-9780197612347?cc=us&lang=en#
>
> <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/candrakrtis-introduction-to-the-middle-way-9780197612347?cc=us&lang=en#>
>
> This volume is part of the "Oxford Guides to Philosophy" series, a set of
> volumes introducing classical philosophical texts. These are meant to be
> read alongside the texts themselves; my commentary focuses on the
> philosophical content of the text, using Candrakīrti's
> auto-commentary as the main explicatory resource.
>
> From the blurb:
>
> Candrakīrti's Introduction to the Middle Way
> (Madhyamakāvatāra) is a central work of Buddhist philosophy for
> two reasons. First, it provides an introduction to Madhyamaka, one of the
> three major philosophical schools of Buddhist thought (the other two being
> Abhidharma and Yogācāra). Second, within Madhyamaka,
> Candrakīrti's text occupies a very prominent role. This is primarily
> due to its enormous influence in Tibet, where Candrakīrti's work
> became the main entry-point into the study of Madhyamaka thought. While
> the historical importance of the Introduction to the Middle Way for
> understanding a major section of Buddhist thought is evident, what makes
> it particularly interesting for students is the role it plays as an
> 'introduction'. It is one of Candrakīrti's earlier works and presents
> a comprehensive guide to the key philosophical ideas and problems of
> Madhyamaka thought.
>
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jan Westerhoff
>
>
>
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