The ubiquitous Śiva: Somānanda's Śivadrs̥ṭị and his tantric interlocutors

John Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhijna or "Recognition [of God]" School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with Kashmiri Shaivism. In doing so it offers, for the very first time, a critical edition and an...

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Main Author: Nemec, John (Author)
Contributors: Somānanda (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Series/Journal:AAR religion in translation
Further subjects:B Somānanda Śivadr̥ṣṭi
B Somananda
B Electronic books
B Kashmir Śaivism Doctrines
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Summary:John Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhijna or "Recognition [of God]" School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with Kashmiri Shaivism. In doing so it offers, for the very first time, a critical edition and annotated translation of a large portion of the first Pratyabhijna text ever composed, the Sivadrsti of Somananda. In an extended introduction, Nemec argues that the author presents a unique form of non-dualism, a strict pantheism that declares all beings and entities found in the universe to be fully
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:0199795452