The ubiquitous Śiva : Somānanda's Śivadr̥ṣṭi 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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Sanskrit |
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Oxford ; New York :
OXFORD University Press,
2011, ©2011.
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Colección: | AAR religion in translation.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 identical |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 436 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-415) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780199795543 0199795541 1283136511 9781283136518 9786613136510 6613136514 |