The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (255 page)

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Ar
paloka
:
see
LOKA
(Buddhist).
ryadeva
or Deva
(
c.
3rd cent. BCE; Tib., ’Phags-pa-lha). The foremost disciple of
N
g
rjuna
and a leading exponent of the Buddhist
M
dhyamaka
school of philosophy. His most celebrated work is the
Four Hundred Verses
(
Catu
ataka
) which is in sixteen chapters: the first eight chapters expound the M
dhyamaka philosophy while the remaining eight are a refutation of rival Buddhist and non-Buddhist schools. It became a basic work for
San-lun
.
Aryaman
(generous nobility)
:
see
DITYAS
.

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