Aryadeva biography of alberta

3rd century Sri Lankan philosopher and writer

Āryadeva (fl. 3rd century CE) (IAST: Āryadeva; Tibetan: འཕགས་པ་ལྷ་, Wylie: 'phags pa lha, Chinese: 提婆 菩薩 Tipo pusa meaning Deva Bodhisattva), was a Mahayana Buddhist monk, a disciple of Nagarjuna and a Madhyamaka philosopher.^[1] Most sources agree that he was from "Siṃhala", which some scholars identify with Sri Lanka.^[1] After Nagarjuna, he is considered to be the next most important figure of the Indian Madhyamaka school.^[2][3]

Āryadeva's writings are important sources of Madhyamaka in East Asian Buddhism.

His Catuḥśataka (Four Hundred Verses) was influential on Madhyamaka in India and China and his *Śataka (Bailun, 百論, T. 1569) and Dvādaśamukhaśāstra (both translated by Kumārajīva in the 4th century) were important sources for the East Asian Madhyamaka school.^[1] Āryadeva is also known as Kanadeva, recognized as the 15th patriarch in Chan Buddhism an