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Madhyamaka

Mahayana Buddhist school of thought
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Madhyamaka

Summary

Madhyamaka is a school of Buddhism[1]. Madhyamaka draws 908 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_buddhism category, ranking #10 of 63).[2]

Key Facts

  • Madhyamaka's instance of is recorded as school of Buddhism[3].
  • Madhyamaka's founder is recorded as Nagarjuna[4].
  • Madhyamaka is a type of Mahāyāna[5].
  • Madhyamaka's Commons category is recorded as Madhyamaka[6].
  • Madhyamaka's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Madhyamaka[7].

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Definition and Type

Madhyamaka's instance of is recorded as school of Buddhism[3]. Madhyamaka is a type of Mahāyāna[5].

Origins

Madhyamaka's founder is recorded as Nagarjuna[4].

Why It Matters

Madhyamaka draws 908 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_buddhism category, ranking #10 of 63).[2] Madhyamaka has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] Madhyamaka is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Kumārajīva Nagarjuna

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → school of Buddhism
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Mahāyāna
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543413605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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