The Doctrine of Vibration: An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices Associated with Kashmir Shaivism (SUNY series in the Shaiva Traditions of Kashmir) - Hardcover

Dyczkowski, Mark S. G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0887064310 ISBN 13: 9780887064319

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1987

Synopsis

Cutting across distinctions of schools and types, the author explains the central feature of Kashmir Shaivism: the creative pulse of the all pervasive Consciousness called SAiva. This is also the central theme of the Hindu Tantras, and Dyczkowski provides new insight into the most literate and extensive interpretations of the Tantras.

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Review

"This is a serious, scholarly and personally committed approach to a highly significant topic. It makes accessible materials which are not widely known and not readily available." -- Wilhelm Halbfass, University of Pennsylvania

"There is no other complete study of the Spanda, which is central to the SAaiva thought as it was developed in Kashmir. The treatment of the subject is sound, scholarly, exhaustive and penetrating." -- Andre Padoux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris

"This delves into a relatively unexplored area of Kashmir Shaivism, i.e., Spanda, and offers a comprehensive first-hand treatment. The author brings forth new information and fresh insights." -- Navjivan Rastogi Abhinavagupta Institute of Aesthetics and SAaiva Philosophy University of Lucknow, India

About the Author

Mark S. G. Dyczkowski took his first degree at Banaras Hindu University and then took his doctorate at Oxford University. He is presently associated with Sampurnananda Sanskrit University in Varanasi.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0887064310
• ISBN 13: 9780887064319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 308