Parātrīśikā-vivaraṇa : the secret of Tantric mysticism
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Parātrīśikā-vivaraṇa : the secret of Tantric mysticism
Motilal Banarsidass, 1988
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Parātriṃśikāvivr̥ti
श्रीपरात्रीशिकाग्रन्थः : श्रीमदभिनवगुप्ताचार्यकृततत्त्वविवेकाख्यव्याख्योपेतः
श्री परात्रीशिका ग्रन्थः : श्रीमत् अभिनवगुप्ताचार्य कृत तत्त्वविवेक आख्य व्याख्या उपेतः
परात्रिंशिकाविवृतिः
परात्रिंशिका विवृतिः
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Abhinavagupta, Rājānaka -- Parātriṃśikāvivr̥ti
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Sanskrit text (Roman and Devanagari) with translation into English; prefatory matter in English
Includes Sanskrit text: Parātriṃśikāvivr̥ti, or, Parātrīśikā-vivaraṇa
Summary: Commentary on Parātriṃśikā, basic text of Trika philosophy in Kashmir Śaivism
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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ISBN 9788120804623
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After Somananda, Abhinavagupta has written two commentaries on it, a short one (Laghuvrtti) and an extensive one the present Vivarana which is presented here for the first time in an English translation. The Paratrisika Vivarana is one of the most fascinating but also most difficult texts of the Kashmir Saiva School, and of the mystical philosophical literature of India as a whole. It deals with Ultimate Reality (anuttara or para) and with the methods of realization, centred above all in the theory and practice of the mantra. Abhinavagupta displays here his great exegetical genius and presents a penetrating metaphysics of language, of the Word (vak) and its various stages in relation to consciousness. His language reflects in a luminous fashion the mystical experience contained in this text. The present translation of Abhinavagupta's masterpiece will not only be a milestone in the study of Kashmir Saivism, but it also makes availa
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: paper ISBN 9788120804722
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The translator has also provided explanatory notes which make the text accessible to the non specialist. This edition will not only be a milestone in the study of Kashmir Saivism, but it also makes available one of the major mystical texts of the Indian tradition to readers interested in philosophy and spirituality.
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