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100	1		_aBettina Baumer
245	1	0	_aAbhinavagupta's Hermeneutics of the Absolute Anuttaraprakriya : _ban interpretation of his Paratrisika Vivarana / _cBettina Baumer ; foreword by Andre Padoux.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aShimla : _bIndian Institute of Advanced Study; _aNew Delhi : _bD.K. Printworld, _c2011.
300			_a332 _bill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_aThe Paratrishika Vivarana by the great Kashmiri philosopher and mystic Abhinavagupta is an extensive commentary on the Paratrishika Tantra, and it is one of the most profound texts, not only of non-dualist Kashmir Shaivism, but of Indian philosophy and mysticism in general. The present work attempts to make this difficult text accessible, by culling out the important themes and offering an interpretation. The main focus is on the understanding of the Absolute (Anuttara) and the ways to realize it. The central theme of mantra also leads to a mysticism of language with its philosophical implications. All these reflections and practices are inscribed in the theory that everything is related to the totality, every part contains the whole of reality (sarvam sarvatmakam). It is this holistic vision of Abhinavagupta, based on the Tantras, which makes this work so relevant in our times of fragmented aspects of life and knowledge in search of integration. No doubt, in the view of the Tantra and of Abhinavagupta, language and mantra provide the key. This fascinating book is an important contribution to studies and interpretations on Kashmir Shaivism, its spirituality and philosophy, and on Abhinavagupta in particular
650		0	_aKashmir Śaivism--Doctrines
650		0	_aTantras.--Rudrayāmalatantra.--Parātrīśikā
650		0	_aTantras
942			_cBK