1800's

Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī (Commentary on Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikās)

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Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Kashmiri Śaivism school of Hindu philosophy Darśanaśāstra.
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_1147
Language Sanskrit
Date 1800's

About this Manuscript

This is a philosophical text on Kashmir Śaivism, Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī by Abhinavagupta Rājānaka, which is a detailed commentary on Utpaladeva's root verses, the Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikās, which is upon a exposition of teachings of Utpaladeva's teacher Somanandaguha. It lays out the core doctrines of the Pratyabhijñā ("Recognition") school. offering a path to spiritual liberation through intellectual and experiential recognition of one's own divine identity. The text Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī contains four chapters (known as Adhikāras) including; Jñāna (Knowledge), Kriyā (Action), Āgama (Scripture/Tradition), Tattvasaṅgraha (Compendium of Principles) and 190 verses (kārikās) in total., but the manuscript holds only one complete chapter. At the end of the folio author mentioned the teacher Somānandaguha lineage (Aruṇāditya or Ambakāditya-Ananda-Somānandaguha) and his work Śivadṛiṣṭi as post colophone. Total folia are 102. colophone is written on folio no. 102a. Mistakes are colourd in yellow colour.

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Title Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī (Commentary on Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikās)
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number ms_coll_390item_1147
Collection Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Language Sanskrit
Script Devanāgarī
Subject Classification Kashmiri Śaivism school of Hindu philosophy, Darśanaśāstra.
Date 1800's
Place of Origin United States of America
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Kashmiri Śaivism school of Hindu philosophy Darśanaśāstra.