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The notion of svabhāva in the thought of Candrakīrti

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  1. Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, USA

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I would like to thank Prof. D. S. Ruegg and Prof. K. H. Potter for reading an earlier version of this paper and making several valuable suggestions. An abridged form of this paper was read at the Fourth Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Madison, Wisconsin, August, 1981.

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Ames, W.L. The notion of svabhāva in the thought of Candrakīrti. J Indian Philos 10, 161–177 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00160628

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