Paul Muller Ortega is a scholar of Kashmir Shaivism, and this State University of New York Press monograph is an academic study of the Kaula Tantric tradition as systematized by the tenth century philosopher Abhinavagupta in his encyclopedic Tantraloka. Its strength is close textual engagement with Abhinavagupta's own Sanskrit writing rather than a secondhand summary of the tradition, tracing the doctrine of the heart as ultimate reality through his synthesis. Its limit, already noted on the source record itself, is scope: this is a focused study of one philosopher's system within Kashmir Shaivism, not a general introduction to the wider tradition, so a claim about Kashmir Shaivism broadly, outside Abhinavagupta's own school, needs a broader source such as Dyczkowski's study of the doctrine of vibration alongside it.
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Paul Muller-Ortega's scholarly study, published by the State University of New York Press, of Kaula Tantric Kashmir Shaivism as systematized by Abhinavagupta in the Tantraloka; a focused study of this one figure and text, not a general introduction to Kashmir Shaivism as a whole, which needs a broader source such as Dyczkowski's The Doctrine of Vibration. NotesPaul Muller-Ortega's scholarly study of Kaula Tantric Kashmir Shaivism as systematized by Abhinavagupta in the Tantraloka. Use for established scholarly facts about Abhinavagupta's own synthesis and the Tantraloka's doctrine; a focused study of this one figure and text, not a general introduction to Kashmir Shaivism as a whole, which needs a broader source such as Dyczkowski's The Doctrine of Vibration.
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AuthorPaul E. Muller-Ortega
PublisherState University of New York Press
Publication Year1989
URLhttps://archive.org/details/the-triadic-heart-of-siva-kaula-tantricism-of-abhinavagupta
Source Typeacademic monograph
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- Scriptures & Texts, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Disciplines, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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