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    Abhinavagupta (Devanāgarī अभिनवगुप्तः; c. 950 – 1016 CE: 27 ) was a philosopher, mystic and aesthetician from Kashmir. He was also considered an influential...
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    the first fifteen chapters of Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka) 1986 – Hindi commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo on Abhinavagupta's Bhagavad Gitartha Samgraha 1987...
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    "Kashmiri Shaivism." It later spread beyond Kashmir, with its great scholar Abhinavagupta calling it "Trika" (meaning "the Trinity"). It particularly flourished...
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  • romanized: tantrāloka, lit. 'Elucidation of Tantra') is a treatise of Abhinavagupta, a writer and philosopher of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy...
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  • was written by Abhinavagupta (c. 950–1020), the great Kashmiri Saivite spiritual leader and a yogi. In this monumental work, Abhinavagupta explains the...
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  • performance arts is found in the works of the Kashmiri Shaivite philosopher Abhinavagupta (c. 1000 CE), demonstrating the persistence of a long-standing aesthetic...
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    Based primarily on the earliest known written references of Abhinavagupta and Al-Biruni, academics estimate the date of origin of the Bhagavata Purana...
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  • voluminous work Tantrāloka written in the 10th century by Indian philosopher Abhinavagupta. Expert also in Greek and Roman culture, he has compiled Marmora Romana...
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  • (क्षेमराज) (late 10th to early 11th century) was a philosopher disciple of Abhinavagupta, who was considered a master of tantra, yoga, poetics, and dramaturgy...
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    2003, p. 127 Luce dei Tantra: Tantrāloka, Abhinavagupta, translation by Raniero Gnoli Tantraloka by Abhinavagupta Cap28.v373–v380 Muller-Ortega 1989, p....
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  • The Tantrasara is a work attributed to Abhinavagupta, the most famous historical proponent of the Trika or Kashmir Shaivism philosophy of Hinduism. It...
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    are also somewhat different, and Abhinavagupta uses Atman, Brahman, Shiva, and Krishna interchangeably. Abhinavagupta's commentary is notable for its citations...
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    a classic Sanskrit bhasya ("reviews and commentaries") – written by Abhinavagupta. The title of the text is composed of two words, "Nāṭya" and "Shāstra"...
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  • Kṣemaraja, sūtra 1 Tantrāloka, Abhinavagupta, sūtra 6.78b-83a Tantrāloka, Abhinavagupta, sūtra 1.212 Tantrāloka, Abhinavagupta, sūtra 5.86-90a Stavacintāmaṇi...
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  • the disciple’s heart." Ramana Maharshi Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas Diksha Abhinavagupta distinguishes here between two sublevels: those whose intuition (pratibhā)...
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  • the writer and the reader. The complete Dhvanyāloka together with Abhinavagupta's commentary on it has been translated into English by the Sanskritist...
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  • Sanskrit literature. According to translation of Abhinavabhārati, Abhinavagupta's commentary on Nāṭyaśāstra by some experts, śāntarasa may be defined...
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  • nondual Shaivism of Kashmir" (or Kashmir Shaivism) and aesthetician, Abhinavagupta brought rasa theory to its pinnacle in his separate commentaries on...
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    to the 8th century CE. It is also called the Śiva-jñāna-upaniṣad by Abhinavagupta. The VBT is framed as a discourse between Bhairava (the "fearfull one"...
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    Satyakama Jabala Valmiki Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas...
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  • Satyakama Jabala Valmiki Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas...
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    Satyakama Jabala Valmiki Vashistha Vishvamitra Vyasa Yajnavalkya Medieval Abhinavagupta Adi Shankara Akka Mahadevi Allama Prabhu Alvars Basava Chaitanya Ramdas...
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  • तंत्रलोक: संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद (पाँच खंडों में) Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta (In Five Volumes) | Exotic India Art". www.exoticindiaart.com. Retrieved...
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  • lived roughly 950–1050, between Anandavardhana in the ninth century and Abhinavagupta in the tenth century and was a rough contemporary of Dhananjaya and...
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    Shaivism, this development is often associated with the Kashmiri master Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1016 CE) and his followers, as well the movements which were...
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  • were brought to Kashmir during his time including the ancestors of Abhinavagupta. A brilliant intellectual and artistic culture flourished during his...
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    and it threatens fundamental values of society. Later sources like Abhinavagupta in the tenth century warn that results of maithuna are not meant to...
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    the 10th century text Tantraloka of the Advaita and Shaivism scholar Abhinavagupta. The mention of Nath gurus as siddhas in Buddhist texts found in Tibet...
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    Veerashaiva/Lingayatism Siddharism Sroutaism Aghori Indonesian Scholars Lakulisha Abhinavagupta Vasugupta Utpaladeva Nayanars Manikkavacakar Meykandar Nirartha Basava...
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    scholars of Kashmir Shaivism such as the 10th-century scholar Abhinavagupta. Abhinavagupta writes in his notes on the relevance of ideas related to Shiva...
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