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Re: who is Abhinava Gupta?
In article <4jmpqg$d49@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Kurt Keutzer <keutzer@Synopsys.COM> wrote:
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>In article <4j85g3$dpe@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, gopal@ecf.toronto.edu (GOPAL
>Ganapathiraju Sree Ramana) wrote:
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>> Who is abhinava gupta? was he a king?
>> what is his contribution? when did he live?
>>
>> gopal
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>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.
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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]
gopal
