# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/candrakirti
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:27.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/candrakirti"
name: "Candrakīrti"
slug: "candrakirti"
description: "Chandrakirti or \"Chandra\" was a Buddhist scholar of the Madhyamaka school who was based out of the monastery of Nalanda. He was a noted commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and those of his main disciple, Aryadeva. He wrote two influential works on Madhyamaka, the Prasannapadā and the Madhyamakāvatāra."
tagline: "Indian Mahayana scholar of the Madhyamaka school"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Candrakirti.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "600"
deathDate: "650"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.66786
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump