Abhinavagupta: As Elaborated in Chapter 20 of the Tantraloka: The Kula Ritual (Abhinavagupta: The Kula Ritual) - Hardcover

Dupuvhe, John R.

 
9788120819795: Abhinavagupta: As Elaborated in Chapter 20 of the Tantraloka: The Kula Ritual (Abhinavagupta: The Kula Ritual)

Synopsis

Abhinavagupta, a leading figure in Kashmir Saivism, is recognised as one of the chief contributors to the evolution of indian thought. In this work,he describes the various tantras and places of their apex the most extreme of them, the Kula ritual. It also provides a translation of Jayaratha's commentary. the Kula ritual leads the practitioner to more exalted stages of mantras to reach the highest level of consciousness, the "mantravyapti", the pervasion of the mantra. The person who knows this pervasion is a Bhairava..

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