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The ubiquitous Śiva : Somānanda's Śivadr̥ṣṭi and his tantric interlocutors /

Nemec, John.

The ubiquitous Śiva : Somānanda's Śivadr̥ṣṭi and his tantric interlocutors / John Nemec. - Oxford ; New York : OXFORD University Press, 2011, ©2011. - 1 online resource (x, 436 pages) - AAR religions in translation . - AAR religion in translation. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-415) and indexes.

Cover; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction to the Translation; Part Ii: The Translation; Part Iii: The Edition; Bibliography; Alphabetical Index of the Half-Verses of Sd 1-3; Index of References to the Ipk and Ipvr; Index of Key Authors, Terms, and Textual References.

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


In English and Sanskrit (romanized); includes translations from Sanskrit.

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Somānanda. Śivadr̥ṣṭi.


Śivadr̥ṣṭi (Somānanda)


Kashmir Śaivism--Doctrines.
Śivaïsme du Cachemire--Doctrines.
RELIGION--Hinduism--Theology.
Kashmir Śaivism--Doctrines


Electronic books.

BL1281.1545 / .N46 2011eb

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