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Dr. Bettina B aumer,
Kashmiprhii losoapnhdme yrs tic
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Abhaivnagupitsa aenxe tnsive
Stud(iVeiss iPtrionfge astss eovre ral
commentoantr hyPe a riitrTfasnitkraa ,
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andi ti so neo ft hmeo sptr ooufnd
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mysitcisimng enerTahlep. r esent
reseaarrcenh o n-dualistic Kashmir
worakt temtpot sm atkheid si fficult
SaivisImn,d iaaens thetteimcpsl,e
texatc cessbiybc luel,l oiuntgt he
architaencrdte ulriegt iroaudsio tfions
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Ori',sa snadc omapratmiyvseti iscm.
interprTehteam taiifonon c.iu sso n
Shhea bse eCnoo rdinoaftt hoIern dira
theu nderstaonftd hieAn bgs olute
GandNhait ioCneanltf roetr h Aer ts,
(Anuttaanrdta hw)ea ytsor ealiitz.e
VaranaasnidF, e lwl,Io ndiIanns titute
Thcee nttrhaelmo efm anata rlsloe ads
ofA dvancSetdu, dS yhimlah.a sShe
toa mysticoifls amn guwaigteih t s
transliamtpeodr tSaannts ktreixtt s
philosoipmhpilciaclaA tlitloh ness.e
inGteor maannEd n glish.
refleacntdip ornasc tairicene ssc ribed
Dr. Andre Padoux, Pariioss n,oe f t he
int het heotrhya "te verytihsi ng
foremsocshto loanTr asn tKraas,h mir
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contatihwnehs o loefr eal(istayr"v am
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outri moeffs r agmeanstpeedoc flt isf e century.
and knowledigne s earcohf bacSki:v aN,i ratShu ryTae mpl(eS utlej,
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theT antr.aa ndo fA bhinavagupta,
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY
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Bii\lmer, Bettina,
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Abhivnaaguphteann'nese utoiftc hsae b solute
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Foreword
Thisst udbyy BetBtaiunmae irs i mportaanndtw elcombee cauistde e alwsi th
whatm ayw elble c onsidearste hdev ercyo re metaphysiacnadml ylsyt ic-ally
ofA bhinavagutpetaac'hsi anngd,o fw hath es ticlalnt elaln dt eacuhs .I ts
importanicsoe,f c ourasned f oremodsutet, o t hef actth aittd ealwsi tah w orkb y
Abhinavagwuhpot a asB ettiBnaau mefro rcefsualylisyn h eri ntroductiiso n
undoubteodnleoy f t hem ostr emarka"belxet,r aor,d"it nhairnykoefrIs n di-a
perhatphsem oste xceptioonneba ylt heb readotfhh isi nteraensdtt sa lenhtiss,
acumeann dp rofoundHneew sass.a lsaom asterS aonfs kriaSt a nsksroimte times
diffitcoud letc iphbeerc,a ubsoet ohf a ni diosyncsrtaytalinecd o ft hes ubtloeft y
thet houghitte x p r e s s easn dS anskrhiatst hep ridoef p lacien t he
ParatrIsika(vPiTvVas)re avI).earo afw lh osmea inc onceptbieoanrsi onngl inguistic
(vaafk1J$aa,mr aa)n,t ras.
phoneetliec menpthso:n emessy,l lables or TypicaIlnldyi an,
indeeidnt, h irse spect,A bhwiansa vaguFpotrna o.o thecru ltutrhea tnh eI ndian
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oneh asg ivetnh es am e importatt;loc es peoerlc ahn guageh erien t hef ormo f
Sanskristp eculaetnidnlge sdsulryi ncge nturoinei stc so nstiteulteimveen ittss,
oragnisatuisoenas,n dp owerNso.t b yc hancdei dt hef iresvte sry stematoince
coulsda ys cientidfeiscc ripotfai l oann guaPga1)inie',s grIman ara,p peairnI ndia.
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Suchm etaphysical-slpiencguuliastt(iilocin nskt eord i tuaarlee) s senitnit ahle
PTV,
moret.h ahna lofft het hirtys-tsainxzo afts h eP aratrI(sPiTck)oa n cerntihneg
anaurat,t
subjeFcotrt. h eP T,th ep attho t heS upreme, tol iberaitsit ohnes, p iritual
cum mantrhar,d ajyaa bf
mental,b odialnyd r itueaxlp,e rieanncdme a steorfya the
SAUIf. vivara1J.a
Veryt ypicaTlalnyt r(iwcem ayn otea)r et heP Ta ndt he int his
globaalp proha;cf ori ft hec onditaiiomne adt b yt hea depits s piritual,
tracnesndenittai lse, x perien'cleidv,me edn,t'a lalnydc orporbayla lnyi ncarnate
persolni,v iinngt hiwso rladn, adeoprdt e votpeeer formriintg.eT shesaer en ot
merea ccesscoornyc reelteem.e nttoas p urely spiritTuhaeql u eqsusteu,sr te,.il sy
spirituaanld t hiiss t hef undamenatsaple wchti cihs t het hemoef t his
hermeneutsitcuadBlyu .ti ti st heq uesotfa h um anb einngo,to fa p ureslpyi ritual
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enti.Ht eyncteh ei mportaonfcc eo ncreetlee menltisn,g uiosrtr iict uuatlt,e red,
visualiosrbe odt,ih n tellecatnudba oldliyal cyt eodu t thel inguieslteimce nts,
mantras,
whent heayr e beintgh emselrvietsu a"lelxyt racttheedan,n "i mataendd
puti ntaoc tiboynr itwehsi cbhe,i nTga ntrciocn,s aissm tu chi nm entvails ualisations
asi na ctioWnhsa.tt akepsl aciest het ransformtaottieavxlep erieonfac lei ving
being.
Onem ighitn,t hicso nnectniootnte,h awth att heG oddesass kfso irn th e first
khresicaamata
stanozfat heP Ti sh ow ist oa ttahionw:t op enetrtahtaeit,s i ,nkha ,
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int hec entrmayls tivcoailwd i thtihneh earTth.i issa spiritmuyaslt,i cparlo,c ess.
Buti,n e arlTya ntrsausc ha st heB rahmayamala/Piocnuem amteaKe,ht esc arls,
whicahr ea clasosf YogmionIvsi nign tshpea cweh oc anb estoswu pernatural
powerLsa.t etrh,eK ramat raditsiaowtn h ec reatiotnh ewo ofr lads b eindgu et o
(sakticakra)
foufro rmosf U ivinpeo weirm aginaesds wrilinwgh eelosfe nergy
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whosmeo vemenctrse aatneda nmia teno to nltyh ec osmobsu ta lstoh es ensaensd
khcea,r i
them indo fh umanb eingtsh,eh igheosftt h esbee ing a concepttiaokne n
khecsaarmiatam
ovebry A bhinavagauspa tpap eairnts h eg lososn oft heP TV( pp.39
khceari (samata),
H. oft heK ashmSier rieedsi tiIofn ). canb ei na s taotfee quilibrium
shei sn everthemlaedseus p o ft hes ensaensd their Sohbeij sce hcatrsa.c tebryised
(saikvhceaa r i
"thef luctuatoifo npsa ssioann,ge r,a nd so forth"
kamakdrioardtuhapvi1yaai $almaykte$etJy)aa.
Here quilibtrhieurme fioscr hea rged
witpho werI.t niosta p eacecfaullm b,u tt hei ntensofid toym inatpeodw erT.h iiss
siddha:
whata Tantraidce pits l ookifnogrT .h eT antrliicb erapteerds oinsa
transcendtihniwgso rlbdu ta lsdoo minatiitAn.bg h inavagwuhpetnah ,eis described
asa l ivipnegr s(oanp ochraylp,lo yf coubrustne o,tw ithopulta usliibtiiysn) o,ts hown
sdahu,
asa na scewtoircl d-renouncibnugto nt hec ontraasre yn joymianngy w orldly
pleasuHree wsa.s a na esthetiacnai easnt;h teotoew, e m ayp resumTeh.ew orlodf
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Tantirsaa worlodf p assiPoans.s idoonmsi natoefcd o,u rsbeu,tp assimoandse u se
oft or eacwhh atis b eyontdh emb,u ti nclutdheesm T.h eT antrciacs e aw aasy o fl ife
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isa c asoefp articuelxatrr,e imnet,e n.s itthyirse speictd ti ffferrosom t hetrr aditions
whicahr ael swoa yso fl ifWee. m aya lsnoo thee rien p assitnhgaa tlp lh ilosopahriees
wayso fl ifaesw, a su nderlibnyeP di erHraed o(tw hoIw ash apptyo s eeq uoteidn
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