Editing Nagarjuna (section)

===Major attributed works===
According to [[David Seyfort Ruegg]], the ''Madhyamakasastrastuti'' attributed to [[Chandrakirti|Candrakirti]] (<abbr>c.</abbr> 600 – c. 650) refers to eight texts by Nagarjuna:<blockquote>the ''(Madhyamaka)karikas'', the ''Yuktisastika'', the ''Sunyatasaptati'', the ''Vigrahavyavartani'', the ''Vidala'' (i.e. ''Vaidalyasutra/Vaidalyaprakarana''), the ''Ratnavali'', the ''Sutrasamuccaya'', and ''Samstutis'' (Hymns). This list covers not only much less than the grand total of works ascribed to Nagarjuna in the Chinese and Tibetan collections, but it does not even include all such works that Candrakirti has himself cited in his writings.<ref>Ruegg, David Seyfort, ''<nowiki>''The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India,''</nowiki>'' Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1981, p. 8.</ref></blockquote>According to one view, that of Christian Lindtner, the works definitely written by Nāgārjuna are:<ref>Lindtner, C. (1982). ''Nagarjuniana: studies in the writings and philosophy of Nāgārjuna'', Copenhagen: Akademisk forlag, p. 11.</ref>

*''Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā'' (Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way, MMK), available in three [[Sanskrit]] manuscripts and numerous translations.<ref>Ruegg, David Seyfort, ''<nowiki>''The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India,''</nowiki>'' Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1981, p. 9.</ref>
*''Śūnyatāsaptati'' (Seventy Verses on Emptiness), accompanied by a prose commentary ascribed to Nagarjuna himself.
*''Vigrahavyāvartanī'' (The End of Disputes).
*{{IAST|''Vaidalyaprakaraṇa''}} (Pulverizing the Categories), a prose work critiquing the [[Nyaya#Sixteen categories (padārthas)|categories used by Indian Nyaya philosophy]]. 
*''Vyavahārasiddhi'' (Proof of Convention).
*{{IAST|''Yuktiṣāṣṭika''}} (Sixty Verses on Reasoning).
*{{IAST|''Catuḥstava''}} (Four Hymns):  ''Lokātīta-stava'' (Hymn to transcendence), ''Niraupamya-stava'' (to the Peerless), ''Acintya-stava'' (to the Inconceivable), and ''Paramārtha-stava'' (to Ultimate Truth).<ref>Fernando Tola & Carmen Dragonetti, ''Nagarjuna's Catustava, Journal of Indian Philosophy'' 13 (1):1-54 (1985)</ref>
*''Ratnāvalī'' (Precious Garland), subtitled (''rajaparikatha''), a discourse addressed to an Indian king (possibly a [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahana]] monarch).<ref>Ruegg, David Seyfort, ''<nowiki>''The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India,''</nowiki>'' Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1981, p. 24.</ref> 
*{{IAST|''Pratītyasamutpādahṝdayakārika''}} (Verses on the heart of [[Pratītyasamutpāda|Dependent Arising]]), along with a short commentary (''Vyākhyāna'').
*[[Sutrasamuccaya|''Sūtrasamuccaya'']], an anthology of various sutra passages. 
*{{IAST|''Bodhicittavivaraṇa''}} (Exposition of the [[Bodhicitta|awakening mind]]).
*{{IAST|''Suhṛllekha''}} (Letter to a Good Friend).
*{{IAST|''Bodhisaṃbhāraśāstra''}} (Requisites of [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|awakening]]), a work the path of the Bodhisattva and [[Pāramitā|paramitas]], it is quoted by Candrakirti in his commentary on [[Aryadeva]]'s four hundred. Now only extant in Chinese translation ([[Taishō Tripiṭaka|Taisho]] 1660).<ref>Ruegg, David Seyfort, ''<nowiki>''The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India,''</nowiki>'' Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1981, p. 29.</ref>

Other scholars have challenged and argued against some of the above works being Nagarjuna's. David F. Burton notes that Christian Lindtner is "rather liberal" with his list of works and that other scholars have called some of these into question. He notes how Paul Williams argued convincingly that the {{IAST|''Bodhicittavivaraṇa''}} must be a later text.<ref name=":2">Burton, David F. (2015). ''Emptiness Appraised: A Critical Study of Nagarjuna's Philosophy,'' pp. 13-14. Routledge.</ref> In his study, Burton relies on the texts that he considers "least controversial": ''Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā, Vigrahavyāvartanī, Śūnyatāsaptati,'' {{IAST|''Yuktiṣāṣṭika''}}, {{IAST|''Catuḥstava''}}, {{IAST|''Vaidalyaprakaraṇa''}} and ''Ratnāvalī''.<ref name=":2" /> 

Similarly, Jan Westerhoff notes how there is uncertainty about the attribution of Nagarjuna's works (and about his life in general). He relies on six works: MMK, ''Vigrahavyāvartanī, Śūnyatāsaptati,'' {{IAST|''Yuktiṣāṣṭika''}}, {{IAST|''Vaidalyaprakaraṇa''}} and ''Ratnāvalī,'' all of which "expound a single, coherent philosophical system," and are attributed to Nagarjuna by a variety of Indian and Tibetan sources.<ref>Westerhoff (2009), pp. 5-6.</ref> 

The Tibetan historian [[Buton Rinchen Drub|Buston]] considers the first six to be the main treatises of Nāgārjuna (this is called the "yukti corpus", ''rigs chogs''), while according to [[Taranatha|Tāranātha]] only the first five are the works of Nāgārjuna. TRV Murti considers ''Ratnāvalī'', ''Pratītyasamutpādahṝdaya'' and ''Sūtrasamuccaya'' to be works of Nāgārjuna as the first two are quoted profusely by Chandrakirti and the third by [[Shantideva]].<ref>TRV Murti, ''Central philosophy of Buddhism'', pp. 89–91</ref>