TY - BOOK AU - Nemec,John AU - Somānanda. AU - Somānanda. TI - The ubiquitous Śiva: Somānanda's Śivadr̥ṣṭi and his tantric interlocutors T2 - AAR religions in translation SN - 9780199795543 AV - BL1281.1545 .N46 2011eb U1 - 294.5/2 22 PY - 2011///, ©2011 CY - Oxford, New York PB - OXFORD University Press KW - Somānanda. KW - Śivadr̥ṣṭi (Somānanda) KW - fast KW - Kashmir Śaivism KW - Doctrines KW - Śivaïsme du Cachemire KW - RELIGION KW - Hinduism KW - Theology KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=372424 ER -