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11-502: Sama vedic Yajur vedic Atharva vedic Vaishnava puranas Shaiva puranas Shakta puranas The Tantrasara is a work attributed to Abhinavagupta , the most famous historical proponent of the Trika or Kashmir Shaivism philosophy of Hinduism. It is said to be a condensed version of the Tantraloka , Abhinavagupta's masterpiece. This Hinduism-related article
22-1024: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Abhinavagupta Confucianism Persons Topics Neo Confucianism New Confucianism Daoism Persons Topics Legalism Mohism Military and Strategy Han Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Maoism General topics Vedic philosophy Mimamsa Vedanta Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Navya-Nyāya Vaisheshika Nāstika (heterodox) Tamil Other General topics Jainism Buddhism Traditions Topics Japanese Buddhism Japanese Confucianism Kokugaku Modern Thought Statism Kyoto School Korean Buddhism Korean Confucianism Persons Topics Donghak Modern Thought Persons Topics Saiddhantika Non - Saiddhantika Abhinavagupta ( Devanāgarī अभिनवगुप्तः; c. 950 – 1016 CE )
33-466: Is considered a systematiser of the philosophical thought. He reconstructed, rationalised and orchestrated the philosophical knowledge into a more coherent form, assessing all the available sources of his time, not unlike a modern scientific researcher. Abhinavabharati Abhinavabharati is a Sanskrit commentary on the Natyasastra , an ancient treatise on dramatic theory by Bharata Muni . It
44-469: Is the oldest extant commentary on the treatise. The Abhinavabharati was written by Abhinavagupta (c. 950–1020), the great Kashmiri Saivite spiritual leader and a yogi. In this monumental work, Abhinavagupta explains the rasasutra of Bharata in consonance with the theory of abhivyakti (expression) propounded in Anandavardhana 's (820–890) work Dhvanyaloka ("aesthetic suggestion"), as well as
55-430: The 36 tattvas ), successful conclusion of all the activities undertaken, poetic creativity and spontaneous knowledge of all disciplines. Abhinavagupta's creation is well equilibrated between the branches of the triad ( Trika ): will ( icchā ), knowledge ( jñāna ), action ( kriyā ); his works also include devotional songs, academical/philosophical works and works describing ritual/yogic practices. As an author, he
66-571: The only Sanskrit scholar who completed a translation of Tantrāloka in a European language, mentions that "Abhinava" also means "new", as a reference to the ever-new creative force of his mystical experience. From Jayaratha, we learn that Abhinavagupta was in possession of all the six qualities required for the recipients of the tremendous level of śaktipāta , as described in the sacred texts (Śrīpūrvaśāstra): an unflinching faith in God, realisation of mantras , control over objective principles (referring to
77-510: The process of universalisation taking place during the aesthetic contemplation of characters depicted in the work of art . Abhinavagupta maintains that this rasa (literally, taste or essence , the outcome) is the summum bonum of all literature. Natyasastra of Bharatamuni: Text, Commentary of Abhinava Bharati by Abhinavaguptacarya and English Translation/edited by Pushpendra Kumar. Translated by M.M. Ghosh. Delhi, New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2006, 3 Vols., 1614 p This article about
88-401: The schools of philosophy and art of his time under the guidance of as many as fifteen (or more) teachers and gurus . In his long life he completed over 35 works, the largest and most famous of which is Tantrāloka , an encyclopedic treatise on all the philosophical and practical aspects of Kaula and Trika (known today as Kashmir Shaivism ). Another one of his very important contributions
99-461: The tenets of the Pratyabhijna philosophy of Kashmir . According to Abhinavagupta, the aesthetic experience is the manifestation of the innate dispositions of the self , such as love and sorrow, by the self. It is characterised by the contemplation of the bliss of the self by the connoisseur. It is akin to the spiritual experience as one transcends the limitations of one's limited self because of
110-459: Was a mystic and aesthetician from Kashmir . He was also considered an influential musician , poet , dramatist , exegete , theologian , and logician – a polymathic personality who exercised strong influences on Indian culture . Abhinavagupta was born in a Kānyakubja Brāhmin family of scholars and mystics whose ancestors immigrated from Kannauj on invitation by the great king of Kashmir, Lalitaditya Muktapida . He studied all
121-485: Was in the field of philosophy of aesthetics with his famous Abhinavabhāratī commentary of Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata Muni . "Abhinavagupta" was not his real name, rather a title he earned from his Guru, meaing "competence and authoritativeness". In his analysis, Jayaratha (1150–1200 AD) – who was Abhinavagupta's most important commentator – also reveals three more meanings: "being ever vigilant", "being present everywhere" and "protected by praises". Raniero Gnoli,
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