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Re: who is Abhinava Gupta?
>>Gopal asked
>> >> Who is abhinava gupta? was he a king?
>> >> what is his contribution? when did he live?
>I replied
>> >Abhinavagupta was one of the most important exponents of what has come to
>> >be called Kashmir S'aivism. His major works include Tantraaloka and
>> >Tantrasaara. I believe that he lived in the 11th century but would have to
>> >check. He was never a temporal ruler. A good survey work on him is
>> >_Abhinavagupta, an Historical and Philosophical Study_ by K. C. Pandey.
>Gopal asks:
>> thanks.
>> i will try to locate this book. meanwhile can you confirm if he is
>> the same person who wrote an elaborate commentary on Naatya sasthra
>> of bharatha muni? [i do not know the name of his commentary]
Besides ShritantralokaH and ShritantrasaraH by Abhinavagupta
(portions of which has been translated into English), these other books
are pretty good (imho)
>From early Vedanta to Kashmir Shaivism : Gaudapada, Bhartrhari, and
Abhinavagupta by Natalia Isayeva. I liked her book on 'Shankara
and Indian philosophy' also.
The triadic heart of Shiva : tantra of abhinavagupta in the non-dual
shaivism of kashmir by Ortega.
The trident of Wisdom {this contains the sanskrit and translation of
Paratrisika-vivarana of Abhivanagupta}
The book by Pandey is authorative and it is quite pitiable
to learn the troubles he underwent in getting the manuscripts of
abhinavagupta in Kashmir in 1930's. There is also a book by Lilian
Silburn called Hymns of Abhinavagupta (i think) but I haven't read that.
The dates of Abhinavagupta is 975-1025 AD (as far as i remember).
Namaste
Giri
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