Editing Chandrakirti (section)

== Later Influence and Commentaries ==
Only one Indian commentary on Chandrakirti exists, a 12th-century commentary to the ''Madhyamakāvatāra'' by the Kashmiri pandit Jayānanda''.''<ref>Vose 2015, p. 6.</ref> An earlier Indian author, Prajñakaramati (950–1030) repeadately cites the ''Madhyamakāvatāra'' in his commentary on [[Shantideva|Shantideva's]] ''[[Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra]]''.<ref>Vose 2015, p. 21.</ref> The work of [[Atiśa|Atisha]] (982–1054), particularly his ''Introduction to the Two Truths'' (''Satyadvayāvatāra'')'','' cites Chandrakirti and defends his view which rejects the applicability of valid cognition (''[[pramana]]'') to ultimate truth.<ref>Vose 2015, p. 24.</ref>

Another late Indian author which seems to have held Chandrakirti's position is [[Maitripada|Maitrīpadā]] (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1007–1085) and he is held to be one of the sources of the [[Kagyu]] school's Prāsaṅgika lineage.<ref>Vose 2015, p. 28.</ref> Chandrakirti is also cited in some late Indian Buddhist tantric works, such as the ''Compendium of Good Sayings,'' indicating that he may have been influential among Indian tantric authors, especially among the Arya lineage of the ''[[Guhyasamāja Tantra|Guhyasamaja tantra]].'' The Arya lineage includes the works of tantric authors who go by the names Nagarjuna, Aryadeva and Chandrakirti (the last two can be dated to the 9th or 10th centuries) and who should not be confused with the earlier Madhyamaka philosophers.<ref>Vose 2015, pp. 29-30.</ref> Later Tibetan authors also began to believe that the tantric figures and the Madhyamaka philosophers were the same persons.<ref>Vose 2015, p. 31.</ref>

Another critical Indian author who refers to the work of Chandrakirti (and responds to it) is the later Bhāvaviveka or Bhāvaviveka II (author of the ''Madhyamakārthasaṃgraha'' and the ''Madhyamakaratnapradīpa''), not to be confused with the first [[Bhāviveka|Bhāvaviveka]] (c. 500 – c. 578) who pre-dates Chandrakirti and authored the ''[[Madhyamakahrdaya-karika|Madhyamakahrdaya]]'' and the ''Prajñāpradīpa''. According to Ruegg, this might be the same person as the tantric Bhavyakīrti (c. 1000).<ref>Vose 2015, p. 32.</ref>

The first Tibetan translation of Chandrakirti's ''Madhyamakāvatāra'' and its auto-commentary was completed by Naktso Lotsawa, a student of Atisha.<ref>[[Thupten Jinpa|Jinpa, Thupten]] (translator); [[Je Tsongkhapa|Tsongkhapa]], 2021, p. 8.</ref> Another early Tibetan commentator on Chandrakirti was [[Patsab Nyima Drakpa|Patsab Nyima Drag]] (fl. 12th century), who also translator most of Chandra's major works.<ref>Dunne, John D. (2011). "Madhyamaka in India and Tibet." In ''Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy."'' Edited by J. Garfield and W. Edelglass. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 206-221.</ref><ref name=":11">Padmakara Translation Group 2005, p. 33.</ref> The logician Chapa Chökyi Sengé (12th century) is known for discussing the views of Chandrakirti and composing refutations of them in his defense of the epistemological tradition of Dharmakirti.<ref name=":11" /> Chapa's student, [[Mabja Changchub Tsöndrü]] (1109–1169) is also another important early figure who wrote on Chandrakirti.<ref name=":3" /> Mabja's work attempted to harmonize [[Dharmakirti|Dharmakirti's]] epistemology with Chandrakirti's Madhyamaka.<ref>Vose 2015, p. 9.</ref> Chandrakirti was categorized by [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetans]] as part of the Uma Thelgyur ({{bo|w=dbu ma thal 'gyur}}) school, an approach to the interpretation of [[Madhyamaka]] philosophy typically back-translated into [[Sanskrit]] as [[Prasaṅgika|{{IAST|Prāsaṅgika}}]] or rendered in English as the "Consequentialist" or "Dialecticist" school.<ref>[http://www.tamqui.com/buddhaworld/Candrak%C4%ABrti Candrakirti - Buddha World]. Accessed 29 January 2012.</ref>

The influence of these early commentators lead to the increased popularity of Chandrakirti in Tibet. Later important Tibetan Buddhist figures like [[Je Tsongkhapa|Tsongkhapa]], [[Wangchuk Dorje, 9th Karmapa Lama|Wangchuk Dorje]] (the 9th [[Karmapa]]) and [[Jamgön Ju Mipham Gyatso|Jamgon Mipham]] also wrote commentaries on the ''Madhyamakāvatāra.''{{fact|date=March 2023}}