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GS History Modern India
Q.

Consider the followings about ‘Buddhist Scholars’

1. Nagarjuna founded the Madhyamika school of Mahayan Buddhism.

2. Asanga & Vasubandhu were proponents of Yogachara and Abhidhamma Teachings.

3. Buddhaghosuppatti was a work of Buddhaghosa.

4. Dignaga or Dinnaga was founder of Buddhist logic.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Explanation:
  • Nagarjuna founded the Madhyamika school of Mahayan Buddhism. He was contemporary of Satavahana King Gautamiputra, Nagarjunkonda in modern Andhra Pradesh. He introduced Hybrid sanskrit (Pali + Sanskrit). Most important work is Mulamadhyamakakarika, which means Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way.
  • His theory was Shunyavad "emptiness". Asanga & Vasubandhu were half brothers and proponents of Yogachara and Abhidhamma Teachings. They were from modern Peshawar in Pakistan. Most important work of Vasubandhu was Abhidharmamoksha.
  • Buddhaghosa (Voice of Buddha) belonged to 5th century AD was a greatest Pali scholar &commentator of the Theravada. Details of his life have been described in Mahavamsa and Buddhaghosuppatti. Please note Buddhaghosuppatti was not his work.
  • He travelled to Sri Lanka from India's Magadha and settled in Anuradhapura. His important work is Visuddhimagga. Dignaga was an Indian Buddhist scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic. Dignāga's work laid the groundwork for the development of deductive logic in India and created the first system of Buddhist logic and epistemology (Pramana).

Thus, Option B is Correct

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