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[Revised entry by James Blumenthal and James Apple on April 8, 2026.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html]
Śāntarakṣita (725 – 788)[1] was one of the most important and pivotal thinkers in the history of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy.[2] His contributions to Buddhist thought were particularly noteworthy due to his historical position as one of the later Indian interpreters of the Madhyamaka thought of Nāgārjuna (ca….

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[Revised entry by James Blumenthal and James Apple on April 8, 2026. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Śāntarakṣita (725...